University's IT facilities for legitimate work, study and related purposes. Personal use of IT facilities is a privilege and is to be kept to an incidental level. User responsibilities Through the use of the information technology facilities users agree to abide by this policy. Persons using the IT facilities are responsible for their own actions, and are subject to relevant state and federal laws and to University statutes, regulations and policies. Compliance The University reserves the right to undertake periodic audits to ascertain compliance with this policy. Network and System Administrators treat the content of electronic communications and data as confidential. However, normal operation and maintenance of the systems requires backup and caching of communications and data, the logging of activity, and the monitoring of general usage patterns. Where inappropriate use of IT facilities is detected, reports may be prepared for the purpose of investigating breaches of this or other UTS policies and for appropriate follow-up action. Such action may require privileged use of information. In all matters relating to privacy and security of individual accounts and communications, including any requests for release of information, University staff must abide by the relevant laws and University regulations. A. Ethical use Users should observe ethical standards of conduct. Unethical activities may include: denying access to other authorised users obtaining or attempting to obtain a higher level of access privilege or access to facilities without authorisation granting access to unauthorised users using another person's computer account (even with the owners permission) disclosing their