Members of employees' families, who are not members of one of the above categories, are not eligible for computer system accounts. Only the Executive Director of Information Technology may grant others access to Winthrop University electronic resources and then only in those cases where there is a strong likelihood that the activity will significantly benefit the university as a whole. Users shall not provide false or misleading information to obtain access to computing resources or facilities. An account is given to an individual for the exclusive use by that individual. It is against university policy for a user to give someone his or her password or allow others to use his or her account.
Users are responsible for all activity on their accounts.
Attempting to discover another user's password or attempts to gain unauthorized access to another person's files or mail is prohibited. The only exception will be when computer center personnel are working on the security of the computer system. 2.3.3 Circumvention of network security Users shall not attempt to circumvent or subvert system or network security measures. Files may be shared with others by explicitly making those files available to them. It is against university policy to access another person's files without permission from the owner of those files.