Policies and Guidelines

Policy governing the use of university resources and technologies.

You will download the ACCC Network Backup Service IBM Tivoli Storage Manager client program you need to connect your personal computer or workstation to the ACCC IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server though this page. Before proceeding, however, you must read and agree to the following UIC policies regarding the ACCC Network Backup Service:

You can lose your UIC computing privileges if you send offensive or inappropriate electronic mail.

GoogleApps@UIC is being offered to the University of Illinois at Chicago community through the Google Apps for Education program ("Services"). Current UIC faculty and staff and currently registered UIC students are eligible for Google Apps@UIC accounts ("Users"). Students may choose to use GoogleApps@UIC because it will give them unified mail, calendar, document collaboration, Web sites, chat, and more. Electronic mail on GoogleApps@UIC has all the advantages of any ACCC email account.

The University of Illinois is committed to respecting U.S. copyright law. In accordance with campus policy, the University does not inspect the contents of digital media traversing the campus network.

Usage of all equipment loaned by the ACCC constitutes acceptance of the overall ACCC Acceptable Use Policy.  Any party that borrows equipment from the ACCC or any of its subsidiaries is responsible for returning the equipment in the same condition they borrowed it, and on time.  ACCC will charge back penalties or late fees if

The University of Illinois at Chicago is committed to providing equal access to computer services to people with disabilities. Inclusive environment allows people with disabilities to work along side their peers in completing their educational requirements.

Guest access to the UIC wireless network is provided as a service to visitors to the UIC campus. For information on how to obtain access to the guest network, see Guest Wireless at UIC.

Your netID is your identity, in many different ways -- email address, login credentials, Banner, Bluestem, Listserv lists, lists of netIDs allowed to access various files, personal URL, and more. Changing your netID is a complex, labor-intensive and time-consuming process, and despite ACCC's best efforts, can result in some service disruption. You wouldn't believe all the different machines, accounts, and files, that can contain a netid and need to be changed about the same time.

In almost all cases, ACCC must enlist the assistance of other organizations such as AITS/Banner and ITS (Medical Center Network), and work closely with them to resolve various non-trivial technical issues associated with a netID change. Approved netID changes will be implemented on a "best effort" basis with no guarantees of timeliness. Please remember that to minimize service disruption, we have to coordinate and synchronize several steps with other organizations, and that takes time.

Consequences for copyright infringement and peer-to-peer (p2p) abuse

If the ACCC receives a notification of copyright infringement we will take the following actions:

The academic community thrives on respect for other's ideas and other's rights. Our privileges are balanced by responsibilities. This policy focuses on respect for intellectual property, especially computer software. As used in this policy, the term "software" includes traditional program software and other works published in electronic form.

The University has long recognized that confidentiality and privacy mandates the removal of student and staff data from computers that are to be reused. The Illinois Data Security on State Computers Act of 2003 required all magnetic media to be overwritten or "scrubbed" ten times before being sent to surplus.