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Commercial advertising is prohibited on University websites, web pages, and web facilities.
This includes ads for businesses or services owned and/or operated by a University employee.
Only community advertising may appear on University websites, web pages, and web facilities.
A discounted product or service offered to University students or employees through student
services or human resources is an example of community advertising. Alumni relations and
fundraising activity including gifts, grants, and corporate sponsorships on any Suffolk University
websites, web pages, and web facilities must comply with existing University policies. Any such
pages must be reviewed and approved by the Office of Advancement.
Suffolk University is committed to providing access to web-based information in accordance
with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, amended.
Suffolk University’s websites, web pages, and web facilities will not be used for the:
creation or transmission (other than for research or teaching purposes) of any
offensive, obscene, or indecent images or material;
creation or transmission of any material likely to cause annoyance, inconvenience,
or needless anxiety;
creation or transmission of defamatory material;
storage or transmission of material that infringes on copyright/intellectual
property rights, laws, and policies; and
purposes unrelated to the staff member’s employment or to the research,
educational, community service, or administrative purposes of the University.
All written policies, including the University web policy, must be observed in authoring any
University affiliated website, web page or web facility. Please contact Web Services/UMS for
the latest copy of the University web policy.
Sanctions for Violations of this Policy
ITS will notify the faculty member, employee, or student, or if deemed necessary, the
appropriate Dean or the Director of Human Resources, of any inappropriate activity. It is
expected that the inappropriate activity will cease at this warning. If inappropriate use persists,
ITS will suspend the user’s computing privileges. Privileges will remain suspended until a
thorough review of the incident has been completed and a decision has been made about the
imposition of sanctions, if any. Note: If ITS determines that the inappropriate activity is a
serious harm to the system, user computing privileges will be suspended immediately without
warning.
Depending upon the severity of the incident sanctions might include warning, temporary or
permanent suspension of computer privileges, suspension or termination. Persons who engage in