Acceptable Use Agreement
Definition of Terms
Account
Any ID and password combination issued
by the University for access to electronic communication systems or
computer resources.
User
Any person who uses a University of
Maine’s electronic communication system or computer resources.
Electronic resources
Computer files and software, including
but not limited to those which reside on disks and other storage media,
individual computers, networked servers, or other electronic
communications systems.
Electronic communications systems
Computers and networks [systems] used
in communicating or posting information or material by way of electronic
mail, bulletin boards or web pages or other such electronic resources.
Also includes, but is not limited to, remote internet access services
and direct connections to the campus network.
System administrator
A person responsible for managing and
operating an electronic communication system for the use of others.
Agreement
The account issued to you by
Information
Technologies shall be used only in the manner described below.
Violations of these rules may be cause for referral of the matter to the
appropriate University judicial body or to the Department of Public
Safety.
- The account shall be used only by the
person to whom it is issued. You are responsible for the actions of
anyone using your account.
- All passwords issued are to be held
privately and securely. Be responsible for all use of your accounts and
for protecting each account's password. In other words, do not share
computer accounts. If someone else learns your password, you must change
it.
- The account shall be used for academic
purposes pertaining to the University of Maine only. You may send and
receive electronic mail and maintain personal information (letters,
resumes, etc.) as long as you observe the rules of etiquette, including
refraining from obscenities and profanity. You may NOT conduct business
transactions on the UM system or through networks. This prohibition
extends to consulting for private gain.
- The account shall not be used for
unauthorized access and/or attempts to access computers, computer
software, computer data or information, or networks without proper
authorization, regardless of whether the computer, software, data,
information, or network in question is owned by the University. (That
is, if you abuse the networks to which the University belongs or the
computers at other sites connected to those networks, the University
will treat this matter as an abuse of your University of Maine computing
privileges.)
- The user shall not take advantage of
another's inexperience or negligence to gain access to any computer
account or electronic resource for which he or she has not received
explicit permission to access.
- The user shall not send fraudulent
computer mail, break into another user's electronic mailbox, or read
someone else's electronic mail without his or her permission.
- The user shall not use the
University's electronic communications systems to harass or threaten
other users.
- Software, other than
freeware/shareware, may NOT be copied without written permission of the
system administrator.
- The user is responsible for
maintaining the security of his or her own data and for making back-ups
of such data.
- The user shall not encroach on others'
use of the electronic communications systems (e.g., disrupting others'
computer use by excessive game playing; by sending excessive messages,
either locally or off-campus [including but not limited to electronic
chain letters]; printing excessive copies of documents, files, data, or
programs; modifying system facilities, operating systems, or disk
partitions; attempting to crash or tie up a University computer;
damaging or vandalizing University computing facilities, equipment,
software, or computer files.)
- The user should report any abuse of
the above to the appropriate project director, instructor, supervisor,
system administrator, or other University authority.
Copyright ©2006 University of
Maine, Information Technologies. Some rights reserved.
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