Student Handbook 2018

• Conform to instructions/warning signs given in all lab areas. In making appropriateuseofresources youMUSTNOT:

• Use another person’s system, user ID, password, files, or data without permission;

• Use computer programs to decode passwords, gain access to confidential information, or control confidential information;

• Attempt to circumvent or to subvert securitymeasures;

• Engage in any activity that might be harmful to systems or to any information

stored therein, such as creating or propagating viruses, disrupting services, or damaging files;

• Use college systems for commercial orpartisanpolitical purposes;

• Use college systems or networks to viewor print pornographicmaterial;

• Make or use illegal copies of copyrighted software, store such copies on college systems, or transmit themover collegenetworks;

• Use mail, messaging, or display services to harass or to intimidate another person, for example, by broadcasting unsolicited messages, by sending unwanted mail, downloading, printing or displaying offensive material (e.g. screen savers), or by using someone else’s name or user ID; • Waste computer resources, for example, by intentionally placing a program in an endless loop, by using excessive amounts of paper through printing needlessly, for amusement, or by sending chain letters;

• Destroy or damage networking equipment, such as keyboards, mice, CPU’s, and monitors;

• Consume beverages or food in any computing lab facilityon campus;

• Use the college’s systems or networks for personal gain, for example, by selling access to your user ID or performing work for profit with college resources in a manner not authorized by the college, or by selling/buying merchandise on-line; and

• Engage in activity that does not conform to the General Principles statements above.

Enforcement Bluefield College considers any violation of the acceptable use principles or guidelines to be a serious offense. Any or all uses of these systems and all files on these systems may be intercepted, monitored, recorded, copied, audited, inspected, and disclosed to Bluefield

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