Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3342 - Kent State University › Chapter 3342-9 - Administrative Policy on Technology › Section 3342-9-02 - University policy regarding acceptable use of information technology resources

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Purpose: to
			 outline the acceptable use of university computer, network, application,
			 telecommunications, data in digital form, or other information technology
			 resources (hereinafter called technology resources) in order to ensure that all
			 members of the campus community understand their responsibilities when using or
			 accessing technology resources and to safeguard these
			 resources.
(B)
								Policy statement: All users of university technology
			 resources, whether or not affiliated with the university, and notwithstanding
			 geographical location are responsible for their appropriate use, and by their
			 use, agree to use them in an ethical, responsible manner and will comply with
			 applicable federal, state and local laws and university policies. An attempt to
			 engage in a prohibited activity is considered a violation whether the attempt
			 is successful or not.
(C)
								Users with access to university technology resources
			 must agree to and accept the following:
(1)
									Use of university
			 supplied technology resources shall be for purposes that are consistent with
			 the mission of the university. Ability to access university resources not
			 otherwise supplied does not, by itself, imply authorization to do
			 so.
(2)
									Be accountable for and only use accounts, passwords,
			 and/or authentication credentials that they have been authorized to use for
			 their role at the university.
(3)
									Only share data
			 with others as allowed by applicable policies and procedures, and dependent on
			 their assigned role.
(4)
									Comply with the security and privacy controls on all
			 information technology resources used for university business, including but
			 not limited to mobile and computing devices, whether university or personally
			 owned.
(5)
									Comply with intellectual property rights, licensing and
			 contractual agreements related to information technology
			 resources.
(6)
									Respect the rights and privacy of
			 others.
(7)
									Take responsibility for the content of their personal
			 communications.
(8)
									Take reasonable care to safeguard equipment entrusted
			 to them.
(9)
									Acknowledge that the principle of academic freedom
			 shall apply to public communication in all these forms of communication, as
			 well as in the transmission of information in both the physical and virtual
			 classrooms.
(10)
									Acknowledge that the university may access data files
			 in the course of its normal supervision of the network or system (i.e., backing
			 up of electronic messaging material), when exigent circumstances arise (i.e.,
			 evidence of reported violations of policies or laws), or when the university
			 receives requests pursuant to section
			 149.43
			 of the Revised Code (the Ohio Public Records Act).
(11)
									Acknowledge that
			 the university cannot guarantee the absolute security and privacy of data
			 stored on university technology resources.