Any person wishing to use associated University computing services will be required to sign a separate agreement for the use of such services. SAC computing facilities are made available solely for SAC purposes, unless otherwise authorised under paragraph 8 below, i.e. by staff in connection with their departmental and other SAC duties and by students in connection with their prescribed courses of study or research. Authority may be required to use particular facilities. Such authorisation may impose restrictions on the use of specific facilities additional to those contained in these Regulations. Passwords are issued in order to restrict access to, and to protect, certain facilities.
Users are responsible for maintaining the security of their passwords.
Use of another person's password is not normally permitted and may in some circumstances infringe the Data Protection Act. No person or persons shall by any wilful or deliberate act jeopardise, impair or undermine the performance, usability or accessibility of the computing equipment, communications network, systems programs, or other stored information. Anyone authorised to use computing resources shall be expected to treat as privileged any information provided or generated elsewhere which may become available through access to the computing resources. No-one shall copy, modify, disseminate, or use any part of such information without permission from the appropriate person or body. Data provided in connection with the use of SAC computing facilities and data generated in the course of such use shall be treated by all users as confidential.