(A) Clark state community college provides students, faculty and
staff with access to technology resources as an integral part of the
educational environment. This includes but is not limited to computers,
telephones, pagers, printers, fax machines,
PDAs, digital cameras, copiers, TV/VCRs, DVD/CD-rom,
video and audio cassettes, scanners, as well as access to information
via the Internet and the college network. These technologies are intended for
instructional, research, and administrative activities of the institution and
are designed to facilitate communication and learning.
(B) Members of the Clark state
community college, i.e., all college
employees, students and board members, are expected to use technology in a
manner consistent with state and federal laws, the mission of the college and
other official college documents such as the policy and procedures of the
college, the college catalog, and student handbook, etc.
(C) Users of the college technology resources
agree to:
(1) Comply with all federal, state,
other applicable laws, and college policies and procedures.
(2) Use resources responsibly.
(3) Protect the licensed software of
the college and copyrighted material.
(4)(3)
Protect the integrity of the physical and software facilities.
(5)(4)
Respect the rights and privacy of other users.
(6)(5) Respect data
belonging to others.
(7)(6) Use only those
technology resources that they are authorized to use and only in a manner and
to the extent authorized.
(8)(7) Protect the
integrity of their own user accounts
and the accounts
of others.
(D)
Illegal activities of any kind shall not be tolerated. Such activities include
but are not limited to:
(1)
Acquiring, uploading, downloading or possessing any
material that is considered child pornography.
Revealing your account password to others or allowing use of
your account by others. This includes family and other hoursehold members when
work is being done at home.
(2)
Harassment.
Acquiring, uploading, downloading or possessing any
material that is considered child pornography.
(3) Using computing assets to
actively engage in procuring or transmitting material that is in violation of
sexual harassment or hostile workplace laws.
(4)(3)
Libel.
(5)(4) Any act that
violates copyright laws. Personal software cannot be
installed on Clark state community college computers. Clark state community
college software cannot be installed on personal computers without approval
from IT.
(6)(5) Unauthorized access
to the network ("hacking").
(7)(6) Impersonating other
individuals.
(8)(7) Creating, using or
distributing virus programs or programs that attempt to scan or exploit network
security and/or other vulnerabilities.
(9) Security breaches or disruptions
of network communications.
(10) Providing information about, or
lists of, Clark state community college employees or students to parties
outside of the college.
(11) Sending unsolicited email
messages including the sending of "junk mail" or other advertising material to
individuals who did not specifically request such material.
(12) Storage of personally
identifiable information (PII) on a workstation, USB druve, CD/DVD, or media
other than a network drive.
(E) Failure to comply
(1) Violation of any of the Clark state
responsible use of technology policies and procedures may result in
disciplinary action.
(2) Violators
of these regulations may be ejected from Clark State owned or controlled
property and subject to criminal prosecution and/or college
discipline.
