Rockland Community College is pleased to extend use of its computing and electronic mail facilities to you in support of your pursuit of your educational goals. Computer accounts are provided to students, faculty, and staff at Rockland Community College as a privilege. Your access to College computing facilities and networks is granted subject to local, state and federal laws; College Policy; and SUNY Learning Network acceptable use policies. It is therefore imperative that all users conduct themselves in a responsible, decent, ethical, and polite manner while utilizing the College’s network.

If the following basic rules of computer usage are violated, disciplinary actions may be invoked that may result in the suspension or revocation of computer accounts:

• Computer accounts are provided for exclusive use by an individual or a group of individuals specified by Rockland Community College. Providing other individuals or groups with access to your account is not allowed. Protect your password and do not share it with anyone else.
• The use of other accounts, files, or programs that are not explicitly provided by the College for your use is not allowed.
• Rockland Community College strictly adheres to current copyright laws. Copying software for which you are not the registered owner, or providing copies of copyright-protected software for use by others, is not allowed.
• Attempts to gain unauthorized access to any account not specifically provided for your use is not allowed.
• Attempting to gain unauthorized access to any computing system, including systems not operated by Rockland Community College, is forbidden and will result in the revocation of all accounts provided for your use by Rockland Community College.
• Attempts to circumvent restrictions placed upon the College’s computing systems or your account are forbidden.
• Computer facilities provided for your use by Rockland Community College may not be used by you for commercial purposes, personal or financial gain, or partisan political purposes.
• Non-college related uses of computer services which result in a negative impact on College related uses are not allowed. This includes, but is not limited to, activities that may damage or disrupt hardware, software, communications; virus creation and propagation; and purposeful wasting or overloading of system resources.
• The use of Rockland Community College’s computing and networking systems to transmit or make accessible offensive, annoying or harassing material or messages is prohibited.
• Use of Rockland Community College’s computer services for illegal purposes is expressly forbidden.
• Rockland Community College reserves the right to inspect any information or data residing on any of its systems whenever it is deemed necessary.