This may include a personal computer which you own. The University determines who is authorized to use its network. The units of the University which provide computing services establish policies for the privacy of the messages you receive and the files you create on the University's computers and via the University's network. In the course of solving systems problems, the systems staff is obligated to treat any information they might see that turns out to be unrelated to the problem as strictly confidential. All users should also make sure that their actions do not violate the privacy of others.
Federal laws protect the privacy of users of wire and electronic communications.
The University's network facilities encourage sharing of information. Security mechanisms for protecting information from unintended access, from within the system or from the outside are not sufficient by themselves for a large community in which protection of individual privacy is as important as sharing. Users must therefore supplement the system's security mechanisms by using the system in a manner that preserves the privacy of themselves and others. 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 the user.