- The regulation is made in accord with "the Regulation of Campus Academic Network Use of the Ministry of Education" to exert school campus network function, promote education and learning, respect for the law, and to provide guidance to Internet users.
- In response to the issues arising from the use of the Internet, a "protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights advocacy team" is established (By the Dean of Student Affairs, Dean of Academic Affairs, Secretary-General, Director of Information and Instructional Technology Center, Director of Military Education Office, Chairperson of General Education Center, Section Chief of Student Assistance Section, Dean of Student Affairs as convener) to handle the following matters:
- To help the school deal with Internet-related legal issues.
- To take appropriate measures to maintain network security.
- To promote the regulations related to network usage, and to guide users using the internet resources correctly, and respecting network-related laws and etiquette.
- Other matters related with the network.
- Internet users should respect the intellectual property rights, and should avoid the following behaviours that may infringe intellectual property rights:
- Use an unauthorised computer program or software.
- Illegally download and copy the copyrighted works.
- Upload the protected works to public sites without the copyright holder's consent.
- Arbitrarily reproduce the articles that have been prohibited from reproduction from Bulletin Board System(BBS) or other online forums.
- Set up websites providing the illegal downloads of the protected works.
- Other behaviours that may infringe intellectual property rights.
- To prohibit the improper use of the campus network, network users shall not have the following behaviours:
- To interfere other peoples' computer systems or network facilities with computer programmes, other computers, or electromagnetic interference.
- To steal other people's account and password, or to crack the protective measures through system's loopholes to use or access to a computer or the related facility.
- To peep, delete, or change other people’s transmission records from their computers.
- Any abuse of network resources, including spam, chain or useless e-mails, or any behaviour that influences the normal operation of the system, like spam and hacking resources.
- To spread fraud, slander, insults, obscene information, harassments, illegal software trade or other illegal information through e-mails, online chats, Bulletin Board System(BBS), web pages or other similar features.
- To sell, provide or abetting the illegal goods through internet.
- To use other people’s name without authorization or a false identity to engage in network activities.
- To lend your account and password to other people.
- To use school's internet resources for activities not related to teaching or researching or illegal activities.
- To enforce this regulation, the Information and Instructional Technology Center(IITC) at Wenzao is in charge of the following management:
- Help Internet users to establish self-regulatory behaviours.
- Segment and control internet traffic appropriately.
- Suspend the rights of users who violate of this regulation or affect the normal operation of the network.
- Person in charge should be set for Bulletin Board System(BBS) and other sites for the management and maintenance. Person in charge may remove the articles or suspend the rights of those who violate the regulation of use. Those who commit major violation of school rules or the regulations shall be turned to the school authorities.
- Other matters relating to the campus network management.
- Those who affect the normal operation of the campus network with viruses or improper information shall be punished according to the regulations of Appendix I.
- To respect internet privacy, school authorities should not spy on users' personal information or violate uses' privacy, except the following circumstances:
- For maintenance or inspection system security.
- To investigate a violation of school rules or misconducts with a reasonable cause.
- To cooperate with the judicial investigations.
- Other acts in accord with the law.
- Internet users in violation of the regulation shall be subject to the following disciplinary actions:
- Stop using network resources.
- Accept the punishment of school rules.
When internet users are also network administrators, in violation of the regulations, their punishment should increase. Internet users have been punished according to the previous two rules, when there is another offense, should still be liable according to civil law, criminal law, copyright law or other applicable laws.
- For Internet users in violation of this regulation, or for preventing violation of the regulation, controlling measures to the internet users or non-specific users shall comply with the necessary principles, the principle of proportionality and the principle of legal reservation.
- Internet users in violation of the regulations, may, based on the relevant school procedures, file complaints or for relief. When dealing with internet-related complaints or relief procedures, the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights advocacy team may be consulted.
- Matters not prescribed herein should to refer to "Taiwan Academic Network Management and Norms".
- This regulation is pass in the Information Development Committee meeting, approved by the president for implementation. Any amendments shall be processed accordingly.
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