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Guidelines for Responsible Use

Everyone within the UW community who uses a computer, whether it is a PC, a workstation, or a Uniform Access computer, has the responsibility to use computer resources in an ethical and legal manner. This means that you agree to abide by the following conditions:

The integrity of the systems must be respected.
Privacy of other users must not be intruded upon at any time. (For example, do not send email to someone who has requested that you not do so.)
The rules and regulations governing the use of UW facilities and equipment must be respected.
No one will obtain unauthorized access to other users' accounts and files.
The intended use of all computer accounts, for University research, instruction, and administrative purposes, must be respected.

For more information about guidelines for responsible use, look at Knowing the Rules on the Computing and Networking home page (http://www.washington.edu/computing/rules.html) or in UWIN® under Computing and Networking > Getting Started > Knowing the Rules.

In summary, when you are using computers at the UW, University policy prohibits account theft, file theft, violations of informational privacy, and/or penetration or harm to operating systems. If abuse of computer systems occurs, those responsible for such abuse will be held legally accountable.