Users are expected to behave responsibly with respect to the UNC-Chapel Hill Network at all times.

Users are expected to respect the integrity and the security of the UNC-Chapel Hill Network.

Users are expected to behave in a manner consistent with UNC-Chapel Hill's mission and comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and UNC-Chapel Hill policies.

Users are expected to be considerate of the needs of other Users by making every reasonable effort not to impede the ability of others to use the UNC-Chapel Hill Network and show restraint in the consumption of shared resources.

Users are expected to respect the rights and property of others, including privacy, confidentiality and intellectual property.

Users may not attempt to disguise their identity, the identity of their account or the machine that they are using. Users may not attempt to impersonate another person or organization. Users may not appropriate the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's name, network names, or network address spaces.

Users may not attempt to intercept, monitor, forge, alter or destroy other Users' communications. Users may not infringe upon the privacy of other computers or data. Users may not read, copy, change, or delete another User's data or communications without the prior express permission of the owner.

Users may not engage in actions that disrupt or interfere with the legitimate use by other Users of any computers and/or networks, including the UNC-Chapel Hill Network, that interfere with the supervisory or accounting functions of the systems, or that are likely to have such effects. Such conduct includes, but is not limited to: placing of unlawful information on the system, transmitting data or programs likely to result in the loss of an individual's work or system downtime, sending "chain letters" or "broadcast" messages to lists or individuals, or any other use that causes congestion of any networks or interferes with the work of others, i.e. spam.

Users may not distribute or send unlawful communications of any kind, including but not limited to threats of violence, obscenity, child pornography and/or harassing communications (as defined by law).

Users may not attempt to bypass network security mechanisms, including the UNC-Chapel Hill Network, without the prior express permission of the owner of that system. Possession of tools that bypass security or probe security, or of files that may be used as input or output for such tools, shall be considered as the equivalent to such an attempt. The unauthorized scanning of the UNC-Chapel Hill Network is also prohibited.

Users may not engage in the unauthorized copying, distributing, altering or translating of copyrighted materials, software, music or other media without the express permissions of the copyright holder. Information on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act can be found at: http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf and the Copyright Act at: http://www.copyright.gov/title17/.

Users may not use the UNC-Chapel Hill Network for private business, commercial or political activities, fundraising, or advertising on behalf of non-UNC-Chapel Hill organizations, unlawful activities or uses that violate other University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill policies. Users may not extend or share the UNC-Chapel Hill Network.

Users may not violate any laws or ordinances, including, but not limited to, copyright, discrimination, harassment, and/or export controls. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill may contact local or federal law enforcement authorities to investigate any matter at its sole discretion.

Users are not permitted to connect any network devices or systems (including but not limited to switches, routers, wireless access points, VPNs, and firewalls) without advance notice to and consultation with Information Technology Services at UNC-Chapel Hill (see http://help.unc.edu/?id=3742 for a full description of the Network Infrastructure Policy in this regard).