The University does NOT guarantee security, confidentiality, or privacy.
The University or Department administrators may monitor the activity of accounts
and resources including individual login session and the content of individual
communications (i.e. email) without notice under any of the following circumstances:
- the user has voluntarily made them accessible to the public
such as posting to Usenet or a web page
- it reasonably appears necessary to do so to protect the
security and integrity of university computing resources, or to
protect the university from liability
- there is reasonable cause to believe that the user is
violating or has violated the University's Acceptable Use policy or
policies defined by the Department
- an account appears to be engaged in unusual or excessive
activity
- in any other circumstance required or permitted by law
In order to enforce the policy, the following procedures
are performed on Department of Chemistry computers:
- automatic monitoring of systems for any indication of
problems
- any indication of suspicious activity may be grounds for
a temporary account lockout while more detailed inspection is performed
- users may be required to periodically change their passwords
- all incoming logins are logged including local username,
remote host, and time
The following procedures are NOT performed on Departmental computers unless
strong evidence exists that the account has been used to violate the University's
Acceptable Use Policy or Departmental polcies:
- monitoring the content of files stored in the account
including email and web page content
- monitoring daily use activities such as web browsing,
mail, talk sessions, etc.
- monitor or censor material on user's home pages
Violation of the Acceptable Use Policy may result in any of the following
measures, as appropriate to the violation:
- temporary or permanent termination of the account
- temporary or permanent suspension of access to Departmental
resources such as servers, printers, etc.
- release of the content of the account to University or
court officials as required
- temporary or permenant shutting down a web page, email
access, or any other resource if that resource is used to violate the
stated policies of the Department and University.
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