All of these activities are technically offences under the Computer Misuse Act . In general, your use of the computing facilities should not interfere with or cause difficulties for other users. Any attempt to gain access to information or facilities owned by another user and to which you have not been granted authorisation is prohibited. As a user you will have access to electronic mail facilities. These are provided to improve communications among staff and students for matters relating to their roles within the University and for career development.
Personal use is permitted so long as it is demonstrably reasonable and judicious.
It should be noted that sending electronic mail to a bulletin board or even to a list of recipients constitutes publishing the contents and the Guidelines for Electronic Publishing should be followed. As a user you will also have access to the vast quantities of information that is available on the internet, particularly via the World Wide Web. Again these facilities are provided to enable access to information relevant to your work within the University and for career development. Personal use is again permitted so long as it is demonstrably reasonable and judicious. Specifically this should not involve access to material of a nature which might bring discredit to you or the University, e.g. material of a pornographic, criminal or offensive nature.