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In order to receive ResNet Service, you must agree and abide by all of the following.  Any breech of the conditions below will be sufficient grounds for the suspension and/or termination of service.

• Computer systems are not to be used for commercial purposes or non-College related activities.
• Fraudulent, harassing, obscene, or unauthorized messages and/or files are not to be sent, printed, requested or stored. Chain letters or other forms of mass mailings are prohibited.
• Users of the lab must have a valid Student ID or User ID and password to use these facilities.
• Playing games and use of network chat programs are of the lowest priority for machine usage.  If you are playing a game or using a chat program and someone needs your computer for classroom work, you must yield the machine to him/her.
• If all the workstations in the lab are in use, place your name on the waiting list with the lab assistant if one is on duty.
• Do not modify the current file configurations or change the system settings or preferences on any computer or terminal in the lab.  Files should be saved on the student’s shared drive, or removable media.
• Eating, drinking and tobacco use are prohibited in the lab.
• A computer, computer account, or electronic mail account assigned to an individual may not be used by others.  Each individual is responsible for the proper use and protection of the network account, including proper password protection.
• Information system accounts which will expire, along with the files in expired accounts will be deleted.  Accounts expire in accordance with the terms of the account.  E-mail messages older than the limit set by the system administrator will be deleted.  (Currently this limit is 14 days for e-mail and the period of one semester for accounts.)
• Defiance College may electronically monitor the Service and may disclose any content or records to satisfy any law, regulation or governmental request to properly operate its Service and protect its members.  Defiance College reserves the right at its sole discretion to review, modify or refuse to post any material or information.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Defiance College will not intentionally monitor or disclose any private mail messages unless permitted or required by law.  Defiance College reserves the right to remove any content that it believes to be unacceptable or undesirable.
• No one should deliberately attempt to degrade the performance of an information system (including computers, microcomputers and networks).
• Loopholes in information systems security systems or knowledge of a special password are to be reported immediately to authorized Computer Services personnel and are not to be used to damage information systems, obtain extra resources, take resources from another user, or to gain access to systems for which proper authorization has not been given.
• Some computer software is licensed to Defiance College from companies.  Defiance College does not own this software or related documentation;  it is protected by copyright.  Any copyrighted software is not to be copied or downloaded from campus information systems.  The use of software on a local area network or on multiple computers must be in accordance with the license agreement.

An individual’s information system usage privileges may be suspended immediately upon the discovery of a possible violation of these policies.  Such suspected violation will be confidentially reported to the Academic Dean and the Dean of Students.  Further action may be taken in accordance with the judged severity of the offense.

Electronic Mail and Internet Usage
Use of resources such as electronic mail (e-mail) and internet is a privilege and must be treated as such.  Misuse of e-mail can result in the loss to e-mail and/or other resources.  The guidelines in this document are intended to promote responsible use of e-mail.

• Fraudulent, harassing or obscene message and or materials are not to be sent, printed, requested or stored.
• Any improper use of e-mail resources, such as congestion of e-mail systems, that would deprive others of access is prohibited.  
• Chain letters and other forms of mass mailings are not allowed.
• Commercial use of e-mail is not allowed.
• Any communication that violates Defiance College’s policies and/or local, state or federal law and regulations is prohibited.
• The content and maintenance (deleting old mail and changing the password) of an electronic mailbox is the responsibility of the person to whom the e-mail account is assigned.
• E-mail messages that have been read or are older than the limit set by the e-mail system administrator will be deleted by the system administrator.  Currently the limit is 14 days.
• Check your e-mail often and remove messages that are no longer needed.  Messages needed beyond the time limits stated above should be downloaded to a personal disk or printed for future reference.
• E-mail messages are considered private unless they have been explicitly made available to others.  Every attempt is made to assure the security of Defiance College’s e-mail system so that there is a reasonable expectation that mail cannot be read by unauthorized individuals.  However, this is not a guarantee of the privacy of messages.         
• Software for accessing e-mail systems has been licensed by Defiance for use on College-owned computers. This software is not to be copied or downloaded from any campus information system.
• Defiance College may electronically monitor the Service and may disclose any content or records to satisfy any law, regulationor governmental request to properly operate its Service and protect its members.  Defiance College reserves the right at its sole discretion to review, modify or refuse to post any material or information.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Defiance College will not intentionally monitor  or disclose any private mail message unless permitted or required by law.  Defiance College reserves the right to remove any content that it believes to be unacceptable or undesirable.