Scope

This Policy applies to all Users of yourtraining.net, including but not limited to students and administrators. Use of the training application, even when carried out on a privately owned computer or computer system that is not maintained by apt, is governed by this Policy.

Policy Statement

The purpose of this Policy is to ensure an Internet based training application that promotes the basic missions of teaching, testing, and record keeping. In particular, this Policy aims to promote the following goals:

To ensure the integrity, reliability, availability, and superior performance of the training application;
To ensure that use of the training application is consistent with the principles and values of apt;
To ensure that the training application is used for the intended purposes; and
To establish processes for addressing policy violations and sanctions for violators.

Reason for the Policy

Information technology ("IT"), the vast and growing array of computing and electronic data communications facilities and services, is used daily to create, access, examine, store, and distribute material in multiple media and formats. Information technology plays an integral part in the fulfillment of the training, testing and record keeping services of yourtraining.net. Users of yourtraining.net have a responsibility not to abuse those resources and to respect the rights of other Users as well as apt itself. This Appropriate Use Policy (the "Policy" or "AUP") provides guidelines for the appropriate use of yourtraining.net as well as for apt's access to information about and oversight of yourtraining.net.

Definitions

apt: Advanced Professional Training, Inc., the legal owner and operator of yourtraining.net.

User: A "User" is any person, whether authorized or not, who makes any use of yourtraining.net from any location.

Enterprise Administrator: While apt is the legal owner or operator of the yourtraining.net application, it delegates oversight of particular training administrative functions to customer personnel. An Enterprise Administrator has overarching administrative privildeges for a customer Enterprise that may consist of numerous training accounts and organizations.

Account Administrator: Enterprise Administators may designate another person as "Account Administrator" to manage the particular account assigned to him or her. Account Administrators are authorized to determine who is permitted access to yourtraining.net.

Organization Administrator: Enterprise Administators may designate another person as "Organization Administrator" to manage the particular organization assigned to him or her. Organization Administrators are authorized to design the particular yourtraining.net curriculum for their organization.

See Administration for more information about the functions and responsibilities of administators.

Policy Sections

Appropriate use of yourtraining.net

A. Appropriate Use. yourtraining.net may be used only for authorized purposes -- that is, to support the training, testing, and record keeping of apt's customers.

B. Proper Authorization. Users are entitled to access only those elements of yourtraining.net that are consistent with their authorization.

C. Specific Proscriptions on Use. The following categories of use are inappropriate and prohibited:

Use that impedes, interferes with, impairs, or otherwise causes harm to the activities of others. Users must not deny or interfere with or attempt to deny or interfere with service to other users in any way.
Use damaging the integrity of apt or yourtraining.net. This category includes, but is not limited to, the following activities:
1. Attempts to defeat system security. Users must not defeat or attempt to defeat any apt's security – for example, by "cracking" or guessing and applying the identification or password of another User. (This provision does not prohibit, however, Administrators from setting up or accessing User names or passwords within the scope of their Administrative responsibilities.)
2. Unauthorized access or use. apt recognizes the importance of preserving the privacy of Users and data stored in yourtraining.net. Users must honor this principle by neither seeking to obtain unauthorized access to yourtraining.net, nor permitting or assisting any others in doing the same. Similarly, Users are prohibited from accessing or attempting to access data on yourtraining.net that they are not authorized to access. Furthermore, Users must not make or attempt to make any deliberate, unauthorized changes to data on yourtraining.net. Users must not intercept or attempt to intercept or access data communications not intended for that User, for example, by "promiscuous" network monitoring, running network sniffers, or otherwise tapping phone or network lines.
3. Disguised use. Users must not conceal their identity when using yourtraining.net, except when the option of anonymous demonstration access is explicitly authorized. Users are also prohibited from masquerading as or impersonating others or otherwise using a false identity.
Use in violation of law. Illegal use of yourtraining.net -- that is, use in violation of civil or criminal law at the federal, state, or local levels -- is prohibited. With respect to copyright infringement, Users should be aware that copyright law governs (among other activities) the copying, display, and use of software and other works in digital form (text, sound, images, and other multimedia). The law permits use of copyrighted material without authorization from the copyright holder for some educational purposes (protecting certain classroom practices and "fair use," for example), but an educational purpose does not automatically mean that the use is permitted without authorization.
Use in violation of apt contracts. All use of yourtraining.net must be consistent with apt's contractual obligations, including limitations defined in software and other licensing agreements.
Use in violation of apt policy. Use in violation of other apt policies also violates this AUP. Relevant apt policies include, but are not limited to, those regarding Privacy.
Use in violation of external data network policies. Users must observe all applicable policies of external data networks when using such networks to access yourtraining.net.

D. Customer Account Responsibility. Users are responsible for maintaining the security of their own yourtraining.net accounts and passwords. Usernames and passwords are normally assigned to single Users and are not to be shared with any other person without authorization by the applicable Administrator. Users are presumed to be responsible for any activity carried out under their yourtraining.net account.

E. Responsibility for Content. Certain apt features allow customer Administrators to add content to the training. Some of these relate to messages, instructions, or training material intended for the customer's Users and are only accessible by those Users. Others relate to information that can be accessed by all customers, such as shared lists. One simple example of a shared list is the 'State' list that contains a selection of states and provinces used in addresses. No inappropriate material is allowed in any of these areas. The management of apt reserves the sole right to judge impropriety that includes, but is not limited to, profane, offensive, racist, sexist, or demeaning material in any form. apt Systems Administrators cannot always screen such material nor can they ensure its accuracy or assume any responsibility for its content. apt will treat any material provided by customer Administrators on yourtraining.net as the private resposibility of the individual Administrator. Customer Administrators who refuse to remove or satisfactorily alter inappropriate material when such is brought to their attention will be refered to their customer Enterprise for disciplinary procedures and may suffer the loss of access rights.

Conditions of yourtraining.net Access

apt places a high value on privacy and recognizes its critical importance in a training setting. There are nonetheless circumstances in which, following prescribed processes, apt may determine that certain broad concerns outweigh the value of a User's expectation of privacy and warrant apt access to relevant yourtraining.net information without the consent of the User. Those circumstances are discussed below, together with the procedural safeguards established to ensure access is gained only when appropriate.

A. Conditions. In accordance with state and federal law, apt may access all aspects of yourtraining.net, without the consent of the User, in the following circumstances:

When necessary to identify or diagnose systems or security vulnerabilities and problems, or otherwise preserve the integrity of yourtraining.net; or
When required by federal, state, or local law or administrative rules; or
When there are reasonable grounds to believe that a violation of law or a significant breach of apt policy may have taken place and access and inspection or monitoring may produce evidence related to the misconduct; or
When such access to yourtraining.net is required to carry out essential business functions of apt; or
When required to preserve public health and safety.

B. Process. Consistent with the privacy interests of Users, apt's access without the consent of the User will occur only with the approval of the President and CEO, or delegatees, except when an emergency entry is necessary to preserve the integrity of yourtraining.net.

C. User access deactivations. In addition to accessing yourtraining.net, apt, through the appropriate Systems Administrator, may deactivate a User's access privileges, whether or not the User is suspected of any violation of this Policy, when necessary to preserve the integrity of user services, or data. The Systems Administrator will attempt to notify the User of any such action.

D. Logs. apt routinely logs user actions in order to facilitate recovery from system malfunctions and for other management and record keeping purposes. See Records for more information.

Enforcement Procedures

A. Complaints of Alleged Violations. An individual who believes that he or she has been harmed by an alleged violation of this Policy is encouraged to report the alleged violation to the Enterprise, Account, or Organization Administrator overseeing their training, or to the applicable customer Enterprise management, or directly to apt, which will work with the customer Administrators and management as necessary to resolve the problem.

B. Reporting Observed Violations. If an individual has observed or otherwise is aware of a violation of this Policy, but has not been harmed by the alleged violation, he or she may report any evidence to the Enterprise, Account, or Organization Administrator overseeing their training, or to the applicable customer Enterprise management, or to apt, which will work with the customer Administrators and management as necessary to resolve the problem.

C. Disciplinary Procedures. Alleged violations of this Policy will be pursued primarily by refering the violation to the appropriate customer Enterprise to determine the disciplinary process. Moreover, at the direction of the appropriate disciplinary authority, apt Systems Administrators are authorized to investigate alleged violations.

D. Penalties. Individuals found to have violated this Policy may be subject to penalties provided for in customer Enterprise policies as well as apt policies dealing with specific yourtraining.net penalties, including temporary or permanent reduction or elimination of some or all yourtraining.net privileges. The appropriate penalties shall be determined by the applicable disciplinary authority in consultation, as necessary, with apt.

E. Legal Liability for Unlawful Use. In addition to customer Enterprise and/or apt discipline, Users may be subject to criminal prosecution, civil liability, or both for unlawful use of yourtraining.net.

Policy Development

This Policy may be periodically reviewed and modified by apt, who may consult with relevant Enterprise, Account, and Organization Administrators as well as other customer Enterprise representatives.



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