In support of its educational mission Newbury College provides
a campus data network--including in-room connection services
in all campus residence halls; computer systems--including
electronic mail, file sharing, world-wide web services;
and other electronic services--including campus telephone
services and cable television. It is the responsibility
of each member of the community to use these services appropriately
and in compliance with all college, Town, County, State,
and Federal laws and regulations. This policy covers all
persons accessing a computer, telecommunications or network
resource at Newbury College.
Newbury College policies apply to use of the college's
network and computing services. Actions that are unacceptable
in other settings are also unacceptable on the network,
computing systems and other electronic services, including:
- Harassment in any form.
- Failure to respect the property and rights of others.
- Forgery or other misrepresentation of one's identity.
- Distribution of copyrighted materials without the permission
of the copyright owner.
In addition, these policies specific to Newbury's network
and electronic services apply:
- College systems and networks may only be used for legal
purposes and to access only those systems, software, and
data for which the user is authorized.
- College systems, networks and electronic services are
provided only for uses consistent with the academic mission
of the institution. They may not be used for private,
commercial or partisan political purposes, for personal
gain, for unsolicited advertising, nor for personal use
such as downloading audio or video files. Downloading
audio or video files takes considerable bandwidth and
could potentially tie up all Internet access. College
facilities may not be used to provide Newbury network,
Internet access, cable TV or telephone service to anyone
outside of the Newbury community for any purpose.
- College facilities may not be used in ways that violate
the privacy rights of individuals, the college's confidentiality
policy or related laws.
- Information resources licensed by the college for the
use of its students, faculty or staff may not be retransmitted
outside of the college community. Examples include, Encyclopedia
Britannica (On-Line), site-licensed software, and commercial
cable television service.
- Network, cable TV and telephone services and wiring
may not be modified or extended beyond the area of their
intended use. This applies to all wiring, hardware and
in-room jacks.
- Computer users may not assign an IP number to their
machines. IP numbers are assigned dynamically. Manually
assigning an IP number to one's machine may disrupt the
network access of another user.
- Electronic mail is a college resource and is provided
as a college-related communications tool. It is possible
that others may view your messages inadvertently. There
is no guarantee of privacy for an electronic mail message.
- The campus network is a shared resource. Therefore,
network uses or applications that inhibit or interfere
with the use of the network by others are not permitted
(For example, applications which use an unusually high
portion of network bandwidth for extended periods of time,
thus inhibiting the use of the network by others, are
not permitted).
- Users are required to know and obey the specific policies
established for the systems and networks they access.
They have a responsibility to stay informed of changes
and adapt as needed.
- Administrators of the network, computer systems and
other electronic services have the responsibility to protect
the rights of users, to set policies consistent with those
rights, and to publicize those policies to their users.
They have authority to control or refuse access to the
network or other services to anyone who violates these
policies or threatens the rights of other users.
- Violations of the Acceptable Use Policy will be treated
as violations of College policy and will be referred to
the Dean of Student Affairs for disciplinary action. Prosecution
under State and Federal laws may also apply.
