Copying – Software protected by copyright may not be copied except as expressly permitted by the owner of the copyright or otherwise permitted by copyright law. Protected software may not be copied into, from, or by any District facility or system, except pursuant to a valid license or as otherwise permitted by copyright law.

Number of Simultaneous Users – The number and distribution of copies must be handled in such a way that does not violate the licensing rules for the product.

Copyrights – In addition to software, all other copyrighted information (text, images, icons, programs, etc.) retrieved from computer or network resources must be used in conformance with applicable copyright and other law. Copied material must be properly attributed. Plagiarism of computer information is prohibited in the same way that plagiarism of any other protected work is prohibited.

Modification or Removal of Equipment – Computer users must not attempt to modify or remove computer equipment, software, or peripherals without proper authorization.

Unauthorized Use – computer users must not interfere with others’ access and use of the District computers. This includes but is not limited to: the sending of chain letters or excessive messages, either locally or off-campus; printing excess copies of documents, files, data, or programs, running grossly inefficient programs when efficient alternatives are known by the user to be available; unauthorized modification of system facilities, operating systems, of disk partitions; attempting to crash or tie up a District computer or network; and damaging or vandalizing District computing facilities, equipment, software or computer files.

Unauthorized Programs – Computer users must not intentionally develop or use programs (including spam, viruses and worms) which disrupt other computer users or which access private or restricted portions of the system, or which damage the software or hardware components of the system. Computer users must ensure that they do not use programs or utilities that interfere with other computer users or that modify normally protected or restricted portions of the system or user accounts. The use of any unauthorized or destructive program will result in disciplinary action as provided in this procedure, and may further lead to civil or criminal legal proceedings.

Abuse of Computing Privileges – Users of District information resources must not access computers, computer software, computer data or information, or networks without proper authorization, or intentionally enable others to do so, regardless of whether the computer, software, data, information, or network in question is owned by the District. For example, abuse of the networks to which the District belongs or the computers at other sites connected to those networks will be treated as an abuse of District computing privileges.

Reporting Problems – Any defects discovered in system security must be reported promptly to the Information Systems Department so that steps can be taken to investigate and solve the problem.

Password Protection – A computer user who has been authorized to use a password-protected account may be subject to both civil and criminal liability if the user discloses the password or otherwise makes the account available to others without permission of the Information Systems Department with the exception that users may designate others to access their e-mail and voice mail accounts.

Unlawful Messages – Users may not use electronic communication facilities to send defamatory, fraudulent, harassing, obscene, threatening, or other messages that violate applicable federal, state or other law or District policy, or which constitute the unauthorized release of confidential information.

Commercial Usage – Electronic communication facilities may not be used to transmit commercial or personal advertisements, solicitations or promotions (see Commercial Use, below.)

Information Belonging to Others – Users must not intentionally seek or provide information on, obtain copies of, or modify data files, programs, or passwords belonging to other users, without the permission of those other users. (We’re not clear what this is getting at.)

Rights of Individuals – Users must not release any individual’s (student, faculty, and staff) personal information to anyone without proper authorization.

User Identification – Users shall not send unauthorized communications or messages anonymously or without accurately identifying the originating account or station. Examples of permissible anonymous communications are student evaluations and responses to accreditation surveys.

Political, Personal and Commercial Use – The District is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization and, as such, is subject to specific federal, state and local laws regarding sources of income, political activities, use of property and similar matters.

Political Use – District information resources must not be used for partisan political activities where prohibited by federal, state or other applicable laws, or District policies.

Personal Use – District information resources should not be used for personal activities not related to appropriate District functions. Incidental uses are allowed and may include checking non-district e-mail accounts, the weather, traffic, news, stocks, etc. for a brief period of time at the discretion of legitimate supervision. Certain computers may be designated for "public use" and non-District functions are allowed. Examples of public use areas include specified workstations in labs, wireless hot spots, etc.

Commercial Use – District information resources may not be used for commercial purposes. Individual personal advertisements in authorized internal newsletters will not be considered a commercial purpose. Users also are reminded that the ".cc" and ".edu" domains on the Internet have rules restricting or prohibiting commercial use, and users shall abide by the rule governing those domains.

No Expectation of Privacy – The District reserves the right to access all use of the District network and computers to assure compliance with these policies. Users should be aware that they have no expectation of privacy in the use of the District network and computer resources. The District will exercise this right only for legitimate District purposes, including but not limited to ensuring compliance with this procedure and the integrity and security of the system.

Possibility of Unintended Disclosure – Users must be aware of the possibility of unintended disclosure of communications.

District’s Disclosure Responsibility – Users must be aware that all electronic communications and electronic documents may be subject to disclosure by the District in response to law enforcement investigations, judicial orders, California Public Records Act requests and other requests/demands that are outside of the District’s control to limit or deny. Additionally, the District may be prohibited from notifying the user of the disclosure demand and/or the response to that demand.

Retrieval – It is possible for information entered on or transmitted via computer and communications systems to be retrieved, even if a user has deleted such information.

Public Records – The California Public Records Act (Government Code Sections 6250 et seq.) includes computer transmissions in the definition of "public record" and nonexempt communications made on the District network and computers must be disclosed by the District if requested by a member of the public.

Litigation – Computer transmissions may be discoverable in litigation.

I have received and read a copy of the District Computer and Network Use Procedures and this Agreement dated, , and recognize and understand the guidelines. I agree to abide by the standards set in the Procedures for the duration of my employment and/or enrollment. I am aware that violations of this Computer and Network Usage Procedure may subject me to disciplinary action, including but not limited to revocation of my network account up to and including prosecution for violation of State and/or Federal law.