Acceptable Use Policy

Your IMA computer account is for the use of one, and only one, person. You should not let others use your account. If they have a valid reason why they should have access to the computer system, they should apply for an account of their own.

People who improperly use the system are subject to having all of their activities on the system monitored and recorded by system personnel. In the course of such monitoring, or in the course of system maintenance, some activities of authorized users may be monitored. Anyone who uses the system expressly consents to this monitoring.

Activities which will result in immediate disciplinary action and review of computing privileges include, but are not limited to:

• disruption of the computer network;
• unauthorized monitoring of electronic communications;
• unauthorized use, alteration, or damage to computers, the network, software, documentation, or data;
• circumventing or attempting to circumvent accounting and security systems;
• using accounts assigned to other individuals, or giving away information to allow non-owners to access or use accounts;
• providing services for users at other locations without the approval of the system administrators, such as ircd, httpd, or gnutella;
• any attempt to sabotage the work or research of another person;
• the falsification, theft, fabrication, misrepresentation, or plagiarism of data, research results, or research proposals;
• unauthorized duplication of copyrighted materials;
• threats or other disruptive behavior directed at other individuals, procedures, facilities, or organizations;
• posting obscene or other inappropriate material to the Internet;
• causing excessive waste of resources, including computer cycles, storage capacity, communications bandwidth, manuals and other library materials, printing resources, and the time of personnel, whether directly wasted by the user or wasted by responsible system administrators in detecting, controlling, and eradicating problems caused by the user.

We also remind you that using e-mail and the Internet to participate in illegal acts is itself illegal and can lead to prosecution by state and federal authorities. By not indulging in unprofessional behavior, you help all of us maintain a cooperative academic environment.