3.4 No user shall by any wilful or deliberate act jeopardise the integrity of facilities, or attempt to access, copy, modify, disseminate or make use of information, data or software without appropriate authorisation. 3.5 Users must treat as privileged any information, including software, which may become available to them intentionally or accidentally through the use of facilities. In particular, access to any information owned by another user is forbidden unless authorised by the owner and by the appropriate manager. 3.6 Users accessing software, datasets or services available through University facilities must comply with licence agreements or contracts relating to their use and must not alter or remove copyright statements. Some items are licensed for educational or restricted use only.
Details are available from the appropriate manager.
3.7 Software must not be reverse engineered, decompiled or incorporated into other programs or products without the express permission of the licensor or author as appropriate. 3.8 The transmission, storage, promotion or display of offensive, defamatory or harassing material is strictly forbidden unless authorised exceptionally for legal academic purpose. In such cases the user must obtain prior written authority from the University and all appropriate external bodies and must comply with any conditions imposed. 3.9 Facilities shall not be used to hold or process personal data except in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1984. Any person wishing to use facilities for such a purpose is required to inform the University Data Protection Officer in advance and comply with any restrictions that the University or the UK Data Protection Registrar may impose concerning the manner in which data may be held or processed.