CDH Computer Labs
Acceptable Use Policy

General Standards
Your Responsibilities
Examples of Misuse

General Standards
The CDH Lab computers can provide access to resources on and off campus, as well as the ability to communicate with other users worldwide. Such open access is a privilege, one which requires you to act responsibly. Furthermore, both federal and state laws, as well as University regulations and policies (including but not limited to those laws and regulations that are specific to computers and networks) apply to users of the CDH Computer Labs.

Lab users must respect the rights of other users, they must respect the integrity of the computer systems and related physical resources, and they must observe all laws, regulations, and contractual obligations that may be relevant. In addition, other organizations operating computing and network facilities that can be reached from the CDH labs may have their own policies governing the use of their resources. Therefore, when you access remote resources from the CDH Labs, you are responsible both for obeying the policies set forth in this document and for obeying the policies of the other organizations whose resources you are accessing.

Misuse of computing, networking or information resources may result in the loss of computing and/or network privileges. Additionally, misuse can be prosecuted under applicable statutes. Users may be held accountable for their conduct under University or campus policies, procedures, or collective bargaining agreements. Any complaints regarding the misuse of CDH Lab resources will be directed to those individuals or organizations responsible for taking appropriate disciplinary action.

Also note that software is protected by U.S. Copyright Law, and that illegally copying software can make you subject both to civil damages and to criminal penalties, including fines and imprisonment.

Your Responsibilities
One way that UCLA grants permission to use its computing resources is by issuing individual computing accounts. As a condition of receiving such an account, you must observe the following guidelines:

• You may not use the computing facilities managed by CDH for illegal activities, including copyright infringement;
• You must respect other computer users' right to privacy;
• You should report suspected unauthorized use of CDH computing resources to CDH or any CDH staff member; * You must not share or give out your account password‹if you give out your account and password information, you can be held accountable for any prohibited activities performed by someone else using your password;
• You should try to reduce the possibility of illegal use of your account by unauthorized persons‹for example, remember to logoff when you leave the Lab, so that others won¹t be able to access your account;
• You should observe the rules of proper internet behavior when making postings to internet services. For example, posts to Usenet News should comply with the code of rules and etiquette published by the Internet FAQ Consortium. Repeated complaints from Usenet subscribers regarding postings originating from our Labs or other CDH network facilities may be referred to the proper disciplinary authority.
  

Examples of Misuse

• Any use which violates federal or state law, University regulation and/or policy;
• Using Lab facilities in a manner which violates copyrights, patent protections, or license agreements;
• Using a computer account you are not authorized to use;
• Obtaining a password for a computer account without the consent of the account owner;
• Using a UCLA computing account to attempt to gain unauthorized access to any computer system;
• Masking the identity of an account or of a machine or in any manner that misrepresents your identity in an e-mail or other electronic communication;
• Attempting to monitor or tamper with another user's electronic communications;
• Reading, copying, changing, or deleting another user's files or software without the explicit agreement of that user;
• Posting electronic materials which violate existing laws or the University's codes of conduct. This includes sending harassing electronic mail messages and posting on internet services information which may be slanderous or defamatory in nature;
• Attempting to circumvent data protection schemes or uncover security loopholes;
• Knowingly running or installing on any computer system or network, or giving to another user, a program intended to damage or to place excessive load on a computer system or network. This includes but is not limited to programs known as computer viruses, Trojan horses, and worms;
• Deliberately wasting computing resources.

Some activities will not be considered misuse when authorized in writing by appropriate University officials for security or performance testing or undertaken by CDH in administering, maintaining, and protecting the integrity of the Humanities network.

CDH reserves the right to disable accounts without notice to halt or prevent violations (or suspected violations) of computing policies.

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