The University of New Orleans provides students, faculty, and staff
with Information Technologies (IT) to support learning, discovery, and
service. Use of UNO IT resources is a privilege, not a right, and
abuses of UNO IT General User Policies may result in the loss of privileges.
Authorized Users
Use of the University of New Orleans IT resources is limited to UNO faculty, staff, currently enrolled students, alumni, and authorized guests.
Policy Scope
The following User Policy applies to all students, faculty, and staff
who use any UNO IT resource including individual workstations, computer
labs, the campus network, the modem pool, email, file and application
servers, Blackboard, PeopleSoft, etc.
IT General User Policies
Users shall be issued accounts for the systems to which they are
authorized, and the user accounts will remain active for the period
the individual is either employed or enrolled, in good standing,
at UNO. Students who graduate from UNO will be allowed to keep
their email account.
Proper use of accounts is the responsibility of the individual to
whom it has been assigned. User accounts shall not be shared
with others, and all account passwords will be kept secret. Users
are expected to change their passwords when there is any suspicion
of account theft.
The unauthorized use of someone else’s account shall be considered
theft and computer fraud. Users shall not attempt to gain unauthorized
access to any IT system.
When an employee's status changes due to departmental reorganization,
termination, retirement, etc., send e-mail to peoplesoftsecurity@uno.edu,
in order to change PS security appropriately.
UNO IT resources are to be used only for University related purposes,
and personal use that interferes with authorized University use is
prohibited. Personal use that creates a direct cost for the
University is also prohibited.
UNO IT resources shall not be used for on-going commercial purposes.
Use of IT resources prohibited by UNO or LSU System Policies, State,
and Federal Law are prohibited.
Electronic records and email stored on University systems are subject
to both State and Federal Privacy Acts as well as Freedom of Information
Acts. University systems should not be regarded as secure modes
for storing or communicating sensitive or confidential information.
Users shall respect intellectual property rights of others and shall
not use IT resources in violation of Copyright and Trademark Laws. Users
shall not attempt to intercept data, programs, and information that
belong to others.
Student, employee, and financial information relating to the University
of New Orleans and its students, employees, and faculty is considered
confidential and made available to employees or contractors solely
for the performance of official University duties. Employees and
contractors shall protect the privacy and confidentiality of student,
employee, and financial information to which they have access and
shall not access student, employee, or financial information unless
such access is required for the performance of their official duties.
Users shall respect the privacy of others and shall not use IT resources
to spam, intimidate, harass, or stalk.
Users shall not use University IT resources for viewing or developing
pornographic, obscene, or potentially libelous materials.
Users shall not create or release viruses, worms, or use any software
or system to interfere with the normal operation of any University
or non-University IT resource.
Users shall not load unauthorized programs onto any University
system without the explicit permission of the system owner.
Users shall cooperate with University employees conducting authorized
investigations of suspected violations of UNO Computer Policies. UNO
shall investigate allegations of inappropriate use of University
IT resources, and may take immediate action to protect the University
and IT resources when the University deems such actions to be appropriate
and in the best interests of the University.
Users who violate UNO’s IT Policies may lose their privileges.
