| PROVISIONS |
| You
are entitled only to one person's fair share of School
resources unless written permission to the contrary
has been granted by the Dean of the ASU School of Business.
The examples given below are examples of prohibited
activities, not lists of everything that is a violation: |
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YOU
MAY NOT
steal, forge, lie or cheat with; snoop on; tamper with;
misuse, damage, harass with; threaten with; hoard or
monopolize; interfere with; violate the confidentiality
of; masquerade with; or destroy any information, resource,
equipment or software. This includes using your personal
computer for these activities against other users or
against their information resources.
Examples: You must
not access the account of another; you must not generate
activities which consume more than your share of either
system time or network bandwidth (including chain letters);
you must not fraudulently log into any computer, etc..
(Reference: http://www.mscode.com/free/statutes/97/045/index.htm).
You must not upload, post, or transmit content that
is threatening, harassing, defamatory, libelous, invasive
of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically
or otherwise objectionable. You must not forge e-mail
headers or manipulate other identifiers in order to
disguise the origin of any system or network activity. |
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YOU
MAY NOT
possess any software, resource, or equipment whose purpose
is to effect one of the violations listed in the first
Provision.
Example: You must
not have in your account on any School-owned system
or on your personal computer programs which attempt
to determine the passwords of others or obtain privileges
on any computer to which you are not entitled. |
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YOU
MAY NOT
attempt to violate the first Provision. Any such attempt
will be considered to be the same as a violation.
Example: If you
attempt to obtain system privileges to which you are
not entitled, you are as guilty as if you had succeeded. |
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YOU
MAY NOT
possess, willingly receive, or distribute obscene material.
Examples: Child
pornography is absolutely against the law. It is a violation
of Federal law to transmit this material across state
lines, even electronically, and certain obscene materials
are in violation of the Mississippi Code. (References:
http://www.mscode.com/free/statutes/97/005/0029.htm
and http://www.mscode.com/free/statutes/97/029/0101.htm). |
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YOU
MAY NOT
violate the Information Technology Appropriate Use Policy
off-campus anywhere in the world using School resources.
Examples: An attempt
to gain unauthorized entry to any computer off the School
is as if you attempted to gain unauthorized access to
a computer here. |
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YOU
MAY NOT
copy, install or use any equipment, service, information,
data, image, recording, or other work in violation of
applicable copyrights or license agreements.
Example: If you
use material created by or belonging to others, you
must have their permission to do so. |
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YOU
MAY NOT
use any School facility for non-School commercial business
or advertising, including unsolicited commercial e-mail
without written permission from the Dean. This includes
partisan political activities; however, any officially
sanctioned School student or faculty group may maintain
an official web page which presents objective information
about the group itself. Commercial sponsorship of academic
projects, e.g., the inclusion of banner ads on project
web sites, is allowed in certain cases. These requests
must be approved by the Dean.
Examples: You may
not use the statistics software on the academic shared
systems to do work for off- campus entities for which
you are paid. The 'Young Democrats/Republicans' may
have a page which presents information about their activities
and goals; they may not attempt to influence voters
choices through that page. The sending of unsolicited
bulk e-mail (spamming) is not allowed. |
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YOU
MUST
connect all equipment and install all software in a
manner that meets the technical, security, and fair
use standards set by Information Technology.
Examples: All IP
addresses and domain names are owned and assigned by
the University. World Wide Web, ftp, and other network
services that interfere with fair network use by others
may be restricted by the Office of Information Technology.
You must follow proper use guidelines when using classroom
technology, e.g., powering down projectors according
to vendor specifications. |
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YOU
MUST
take full responsibility for what you publish, transmit,
or possess. |
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SCHOOL-OWNED
computer and network resources, including Internet connections
and bandwidth, exist to advance the mission of the School.
The School will manage these resources accordingly.
Examples: The School
reserves the right to send official notices to all student/faculty/staff
e-mail accounts. You may not install software on School-owned
computers that interferes with day-to-day work or hinders
the professional operation of School computers or networks.
You may not set up a networked server on campus that
results in the monopolization of network bandwidth or
interferes with access to online academic resources. |
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| PENALTIES |
If
you are suspected of violating this Policy, the School
can impound any equipment, device, software, documents,
or data that is involved.
If you have violated the Policy, you will incur the
same types of disciplinary measures as violations of
other School and University policies. Violation of state
or federal statutes may lead to criminal or civil prosecution. |
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STUDENTS:
Campus disciplinary measures may include, but are not
limited to, failure in a class, permanent or temporary
loss of information technology privileges, suspension
or expulsion from the School or University, and restitution
of expenses as well as charges for damages. |
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FACULTY
& STAFF:
Campus disciplinary measures may include, but are not
limited to permanent or temporary loss of information
technology privileges, censure, suspension, termination,
and restitution of expenses as well as charges for damages. |
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OTHERS:
The School may revoke the privileges of users who are
found to be in violation and may report any violation
to appropriate law enforcement officials. |
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| MISSISSIPPI
LAWS THAT APPLY TO THE USE OF COMPUTING AND NETWORKING
SYSTEMS AND TO PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEB PAGES |
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Public
display of sexually oriented materials in a venue likely
to be visited by minors in the normal course of business.
(Reference: http://www.mscode.com/free/statutes/97/005/0029.htm) |
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Intentional
deceit of anyone as to your true identity for the purpose
of obtaining anything of value. You should not use someone
elses e-mail account at all, but to do so for personal
gain is illegal.
(Reference: http://www.mscode.com/free/statutes/97/019/0085.htm) |
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Profane
or indecent language in a public place. A web page which
resides on a University server is a public place.
(Reference: http://www.mscode.com/free/statutes/97/029/0047.htm)
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Publishing
or exhibiting obscene materials.
(Reference: http://www.mscode.com/free/statutes/97/029/0101.htm)
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Hacking
or passing along hacker information concerning a computer,
computer system, or network to another person. Obtaining
services to which you are not entitled and either inserting
or changing system files are all illegal.
(Reference: http://www.mscode.com/free/statutes/97/045/0003.htm)
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Blocking
another user from using a system he/she is entitled
to use.
(Reference: http://www.mscode.com/free/statutes/97/045/0005.htm)
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Using
or sharing the results of cracking a password file.
This may result in up to five years in jail and a fine
of up to $10,000.
(Reference: http://www.mscode.com/free/statutes/97/045/0005.htm) |
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Intentional
modification or destruction of computer equipment or
supplies.
(Reference: http://www.mscode.com/free/statutes/97/045/0007.htm) |
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Erasing,
modifying, sharing, or using the information in the
files of another user.
(Reference: http://www.mscode.com/free/statutes/97/045/0009.htm)
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All
of the activities outlined in the Mississippi Code are
unlawful if the user was physically in Mississippi when
the act was committed, was committing the act against
a computer or system in Mississippi, or used a computer
or network in Mississippi as a relay point.
(Reference: http://www.mscode.com/free/statutes/97/045/0011.htm) |
