If your userid or your computer account is used in an inappropriate manner, you can be held responsible. Comply with the Laws Governing Copyrighted Materials. Many programs, images, sounds, text, and related materials such as documentation, are owned by individual users or third parties, and are protected by copyright and other laws, by licenses and other contractual agreements. You must abide by these restrictions, because to do otherwise is a crime. Comply with the Laws Governing the Privacy Of Other Users.
Federal law protects the privacy of users of wire and electronic communications.
You should make sure that your use of your campus network and other computing facilities does not violate the privacy of other users, if even unintentionally. Typically, this authorization is signaled by the other user's setting file access permissions to allow public or group reading of the files. If you are in doubt, ask. Don't try to intercept or otherwise monitor any network communications not explicitly meant for you. Don't use the system to store personal information about individuals which they would not normally disseminate freely about themselves.