REDWOODS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
Draft Proposed BP 3720 Board Policy
Number Update only from Board of Trustees Policy No. 824
USE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES
Computer and Network Use
Employees and students who use District computers and networks and the information they
contain, and related resources have a responsibility not to abuse those resources and to respect
the rights of others. The President/Superintendent shall establish procedures that provide
guidelines to students and staff for the appropriate use of information technologies. The
procedures shall include that users must respect software copyrights and licenses, respect the
integrity of computer-based information resources, refrain from seeking to gain unauthorized
access, and respect the rights of other computer users.
The Administration will establish regulations that define acceptable uses of College information
resources. These regulations shall address such uses as copyrights and licenses, integrity of
information resources, unauthorized access, privacy, and political, personal, Internet, and
commercial use.
Among the information resources to be included are microcomputers, computer systems,
networks, message systems, facsimile machines, copy machines, telephones, Web Pages, and the
Internet. The primary users of these resources are students, faculty, and staff.
Unacceptable use is prohibited and may be grounds for loss of computing privileges, as well as
discipline and/or legal sanctions under federal, state, and local law.
Former Board of Trustees Policy No. 824, number update only on June 5, 2012
Adopted, Board of Trustees: April 6, 1998