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Council, and the Judicial Council. Complete
details are available at the Office of the Dean
of Student Services.
Summary of Computing Rights and
Responsibilities
The policy applies to all computer and computer
communication facilities owned, leased,
operated, or contracted by the University.
This includes, but is not limited to, word
processing equipment, microcomputers, minicomputers,
mainframes, computer networks,
computer peripherals, and software, whether
used for administration, research, teaching, or
other purposes. The policy extends to any use
of University facilities to access computers
elsewhere.
Wake Forest University provides each of
its students and faculty with a computer and
an e-mail account. Outside of the classroom,
e-mail is an important means of communication
between faculty, staff, and students. It is
the responsibility of the student to regularly
monitor his or her Wake Forest e-mail account
for University communications.
Basic Principles. The University’s computing
resources are for instructional and research
use by the students, faculty, and staff of Wake
Forest University. Ethical standards that apply
to other University activities (Honor and
Ethics System, the Social Rules and Responsibilities,
and all local, state, and federal laws)
apply equally to use of campus computing
facilities.
As in all aspects of University life, users of
computing facilities should act honorably and
in a manner consistent with ordinary ethical
obligations. Cheating, stealing, making false
or deceiving statements, plagiarism, vandalism,
and harassment are just as wrong in the
context of computing systems as they are in
all other domains.
Use of campus facilities is restricted to
authorized users. An “authorized user” is an
individual who has been assigned a login ID
and password by Information Systems staff
(on any relevant system), or by an authorized
agent. Individual users are responsible for the
proper use of their accounts, including the
protection of their login IDs and passwords.
Users are also responsible for reporting any
activities that they believe to be in violation of
this policy, just as students are responsible for
reporting Honor and Ethics System violations.
Individuals should use these facilities:
• in a manner consistent with the terms under
which they were granted access to them;
• in a way that respects the rights and privacy of
other users; so as not to interfere with or violate
the normal, appropriate use of these facilities;
and
• in a responsible and efficient manner.
Abusive activities which are already covered
under other University policies are to be
handled in the same way, and by the same
authorities, as if a computer had not been
involved, following established guidelines.
Systems Monitoring. This statement serves
as notice to all users of campus computing
systems that regular monitoring of system
activities may occur. Only designated staff of
Information Systems have authorization to
engage in systems monitoring.
Privacy. All individuals, including members of
the Information Systems staff, should respect
the privacy of other authorized users. Thus
they should respect the rights of other users
to security of files, confidentiality of data, and
the ownership of their own work. Nonetheless,
in order to enforce the policies set out
here, designated Information Systems staff
are permitted to monitor activity on local
computing systems.
In the event that staff should investigate
a user, a record of the investigation shall
be placed in a permanent file to be kept in
Information Systems, beyond the standard
log of all systems monitoring. This record
shall state why the user was investigated,
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