The University acknowledges its responsibility to all faculty, staff, and students to provide a safe and healthful technical environment for work and study. All members of the University community are to comply with the following policies, procedures, and security controls. Access Many of the technological and information resources of Boston College may be accessed by all members of the University community, and by the public as well. However, access to some resources is restricted to specific positions or organizational units as determined by the appropriate unit head. Organizational unit heads are to determine and authorize the appropriate degree of access for each member of their units, and are to provide unit members with adequate orientation and training regarding the ethical use of all technological and information resources.
Users are to take precautions to prevent the unauthorized use of their access codes.
Access codes are not to be shared with others and their confidentiality is to be strictly maintained. Users will be held accountable for all actions performed under their access codes, including those performed by other individuals as a result of user negligence in protecting the codes. Users are responsible for monitoring access on their accounts and for changing access codes on a regular basis. If access codes become compromised, users are to change them immediately. Users are not to attempt to access, search, or copy technological and information resources without the proper authorization.