Content filtering software

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Dear Askham Bryan College,

I would like to make a request for the following information under
the Freedom of Information Act (2000).

1. Do you employ the use of content filtering software on the PCs
based in your libraries which are connected to the internet and
intended for use by the users of your library?

If answer to 1. is “yes”, please:

2. Provide the name and annual cost of the content filtering
software.

3. Provide a full list of the categories of websites blocked (e.g.
“pornography, gambling, phishing etc.”). If these differ according
to the user profile accessing the PC (e.g. child, student, adult,
staff etc.) please provide a full list of categories of websites
blocked for each user profile.

4. Confirm whether you also block specific URLs in addition to
categories, and provide a complete list of these URLs.

5. Provide the relevant policy document or written documentation
which outlines the procedure a user must follow in instances where
they would like to gain access to a website that is blocked.

6. From January 2013 until the present day, please provide a list
of the URLs where users have requested access to despite them being
blocked by the content filtering software.

7. Of the list provided in 6., please detail which URLs access was
granted for and which were denied.

I hope the above requests are clear however please do not hesitate
to get back in touch if any need clarifying.

Yours faithfully,

J Richardson

Judith M. Clapham, Askham Bryan College

Dear Sir/Madam

I acknowledge receipt of your enquiry below and will process the request within the statutory timescale of 20 working days.

Regards

Judith Clapham

Judith Clapham
Clerk to the Corporation | Askham Bryan College, York | Askham Bryan | York | YO23 3FR
T: +44 (1904) 772275 | F: +44 (0) 1904 772288 | E: [email address] | www.askham-bryan.ac.uk

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Judith M. Clapham, Askham Bryan College

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Dear Sir/Madam

 

Further to the email correspondence below, on behalf of Askham Bryan
College, I provide for you the information as requested.

 

Kind regards

 

Judith

Judith Clapham
Clerk to the Corporation | Askham Bryan College, York | Askham Bryan |
York | YO23 3FR
T: +44 (1904) 772275 | F: +44 (0) 1904 772288 | E:
[1][email address] | [2]www.askham-bryan.ac.uk

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1. Do you employ the use of content filtering software on the PCs based in
your libraries which are connected to the internet and intended for use by
the users of your library? --Yes

 

If answer to 1. is “yes”, please:

 

2. Provide the name and annual cost of the content filtering software. --
WatchGuard web blocker - cost is commercially sensitive information

 

3. Provide a full list of the categories of websites blocked (e.g.

“pornography, gambling, phishing etc.”). If these differ according to the
user profile accessing the PC (e.g. child, student, adult, staff etc.)
please provide a full list of categories of websites blocked for each user
profile. --

 

All  categories apply to all profiles;

Adult/Sexually Explicit Adult Material > Adult Content
Adult Material > Nudity
Adult Material > Sex (1)
Advertisements & Popups Productivity > Advertisements
Alcohol & Tobacco Society & Lifestyles > Alcohol & Tobacco
Arts Education > Cultural Institutions
Blogs & Forums Productivity > Message Boards & Forums
Business Business & Economy
Chat Internet Communication > Web Chat (1)
Productivity > Instant Messaging
Company & Intranet (No equivalent. By default, requests sent
to internal sites are not monitored.)
Computing & Internet Information Technology (1)
Information Technology > Computer Security
Productivity > Pay-to-Surf
Criminal Activity Illegal or Questionable
Custom Categorization User-Defined
Downloads Entertainment > MP3 & Audio Download

Services
Miscellaneous > File Download Servers
Productivity > Freeware & Software
Download

(1)
Education Education > Educational Institutions (1)
Education > Educational Materials
Entertainment Entertainment
Fashion & Beauty Society & Lifestyles
Finance & Investment Business & Economy > Financial Data &
Services (1)
Productivity > Online Brokerage & Trading
Food & Dining Society & Lifestyles > Restaurants &
Dining
Gambling Gambling
Games Games
Government Government (1)
Military
Hacking Information Technology > Hacking
Health & Medicine Health (1)
Drugs > Prescribed Medications
Drugs > Supplements & Unregulated

Compounds
Hobbies & Recreation Society & Lifestyles > Hobbies
Hosting Sites Information Technology > Web Hosting
Illegal Drugs Drugs
Drugs > Abused Drugs (1)
Drugs > Marijuana
Infrastructure Miscellaneous > Content Delivery Networks

(1)
Miscellaneous > Image Servers
Intimate Apparel & Swimwear Adult Material > Lingerie & Swimsuit
Intolerance & Hate Racism & Hate (1)
Militancy & Extremist
Job Search & Career Development Job Search
Kid’s Sites Education > Educational Materials
Motor Vehicles Vehicles
News News & Media (1)
News & Media > Alternative Journals
Peer-to-Peer Bandwidth > Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
Personal & Dating Society & Lifestyles > Personals & Dating
Philanthropic & Professional Social Organizations > Professional &
Worker
Organizations
Organizations
Social Organizations > Service &
Philanthropic Organizations (1)
Social Organizations > Social &
Affiliation

Organizations
Phishing & Fraud Security > Phishing & Other Frauds
Photo Searches Bandwidth > Personal Network Storage &
Backup
Politics Government > Political Organizations
Proxies & Translators Information Technology > Proxy Avoidance

(1)
Information Technology > URL Translation

Sites
Real Estate Shopping > Real Estate
Reference Education > Reference Materials
Religion Religion > Non-Traditional Religions &
Occult
Religion > Traditional Religions (1)
Ringtones/Mobile Phone Productivity > Freeware & Software
Download
Downloads
Search Engines Information Technology > Search Engines &
Portals
Sex Education Adult Material > Sex Education
Shopping Shopping (1)
Internet Auctions
Society & Culture Society & Lifestyles (1)
Society & Lifestyles > Gay or Lesbian or

Bisexual Interest
Spam URLs Security > Phishing & Other Frauds
Sports Sports
Sports > Sport Hunting & Gun Clubs
Spyware Security > Spyware
Streaming Media Bandwidth > Internet Radio & TV
Bandwidth > Internet Telephony
Bandwidth > Streaming Media (1)
Tasteless & Offensive Tasteless
Travel Travel
Uncategorized Miscellaneous > Uncategorized
Violence Violence
Weapons Weapons
Web-based Email Internet Communication > General Email (1)
Internet Communication > Organizational

Email
Internet Communication > Text & Media

Messaging

 

 

4. Confirm whether you also block specific URLs in addition to categories,
and provide a complete list of these URLs. -- No specific URLs blocked

 

5. Provide the relevant policy document or written documentation which
outlines the procedure a user must follow in instances where they would
like to gain access to a website that is blocked. -- Formal request to IT
department stating what the business need for access to the particular
website.

 

6. From January 2013 until the present day, please provide a list of the
URLs where users have requested access to despite them being blocked by
the content filtering software. --

 

Current system was only installed late last year;

greatyorkshireshow.co.uk/*

[4]www.ukclimbing.com/*

[5]www.channel4.com/*

[6]www.gardenlaw.co.uk/*

gamesforlibraries.blogspot.co.uk/*

abchorticulture.blogspot.co.uk/*

ukriversguidebook.co.uk/*

[7]www.cityandguilds.com/*

[8]www.surveymonkey.com/*

[9]www.falconryforum.co.uk/*

[10]www.josephrowntree.co.uk/*

beautyofbirds.com/*

 

 

 

7. Of the list provided in 6., please detail which URLs access was granted
for and which were denied. -- all the above list has been granted access
as they all had legitimate uses within the college

 

 

 

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