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Procedure to Gain Access to Blocked Web Page
Revised 1/14/11
In support of the mission of Bethel College and Seminary, in the Fall of 1999 the faculty voted to block access to web pages involving pornography and gambling. The following procedures outline how appropriately-blocked web pages can be unblocked for academic purposes and how inappropriately-blocked pages can be unblocked.
Procedure to request access for academic purposes to blocked web pagesOccasionally and usually for a short time, access to appropriately-blocked sites is required for academic purposes. In that event, the person desiring access should follow this procedure.
2. Ask that the department chair send to the V.P. for ITS an email request to unblock the page(s). The request should include
b. the time frame (likely for a specified period of time such as a week or a semester) during which it should be unblocked)
c. a rationale for this action
Procedure to request access to inappropriately-blocked pages
Occasionally, a web page will be inappropriately blocked by our commercial web filter. If you identify a page as being inappropriately blocked, please follow the following procedure. For their protection, those who manage this procedure will not look at pages to make judgments on whether the page should be blocked. They will respond to your request only if they are confident, based upon both your description and the url, that the page is inappropriately blocked
2. Provide the url and a description of the content and purpose of the page(s) to be unblocked.
3. Approved requests will be directed to the appropriate ITS personnel to unblock the page(s).
Note on Procedure to request access to inappropriately-blocked pages: Anyone who requests a page be unblocked that is subsequently found to involve pornographic or gambling material will be referred to the appropriate university office for disciplinary purposes.
