PAP.9.13.140 Prohibited Activities

(a) Inappropriate or Unlawful Material. Material that is fraudulent, harassing, embarrassing, sexually explicit, profane, obscene, intimidating, defamatory, or otherwise unlawful or inappropriate may not be sent by e-mail or other form of electronic communication (such as bulletin board systems, newsgroups, chat groups) or displayed or stored in the employer's computers. Users encountering or receiving this kind of material should immediately report the incident to their supervisors.

(b) Prohibited Areas. Without prior written permission from appropriate entities, the Employer's Computer Resource may not be used for dissemination or storage of commercial or personal advertisements, solicitations, promotions, destructive programs (that is, viruses or self-replicating code), political material, or any other unauthorized use.

(c) Waste of Computer Resource. Users may not deliberately perform acts that waste Computer Resource or unfairly monopolize Resource to the exclusion of others. These acts include, but are not limited to sending mass mailings or chain letters, spending excessive amounts of time on the Internet, playing games, engaging in online chat groups, printing multiple copies of documents, streaming media or otherwise creating unnecessary network traffic.

(d) Misuse of Software. Without prior written authorization from appropriate entities, Users may not do any of the following:

(1) Copy software for use on their home computers;

(2) Provide copies of software to any independent contractors or clients of the employer, or to any third party;

(3) Install software on any of the employer's workstations or servers.

(4) Download any software from the Internet or other online service to any of the employer's workstations or servers;

(5) Modify, revise, transform, recast, or adapt any software; and Reverse-engineer, disassemble, or de-compile any software.

(6) Users who become aware of any misuse of software of violation of copyright law should immediately report the incident to their supervisors.

(7) Communication of trade secrets. Unless expressly authorized, sending, transmitting, or otherwise disseminating proprietary data, trade secrets, or other confidential information of the employer, is strictly prohibited.