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TBR Network Acceptable Use PolicyTennessee Board of Regents Acceptable Use Policy The Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR network) mission is stated as: The TBR network is for the use of persons legitimately associated with current institutional members and other institutions/agencies in the Tennessee region that choose to join the TBR network and agree to abide by the appropriate usage conventions and any terms and conditions of membership and affiliation of the TBR network, as they may be amended from time to time. The TBR network will support the primary functions of the academic and research institutions, that is, instruction, research, public service, and the accompanying administrative support functions by facilitating the exchange of information consistent with the purposes of the cooperating institutions/agencies. Functions of state and local government members may likewise be facilitated by the use of the TBR network. The TBR network is open to use, at the discretion of the individual educational institutions, by faculty, students, and staff affiliated with that institution/agency and by state and local government members. Users of the TBR network are expected to be responsible in their use and are subject to approval of their institution/agency. Each institution/agency is responsible for seeing that this acceptable use policy is widely distributed, that TBR network users are aware of the policy, and that these policies are followed. Each institution/agency is responsible for exercising any control they deem necessary to maintain usage within the confines of the acceptable use policy. Information that is transmitted over the network is not routinely encrypted or made private between the sender and the addressee. Anyone who can intercept the transmission has access to the information as if it were addressed to the interceptor. To intercept any transmission is a criminal offense. Guidelines for use of the network are as follows. Other acceptable and unacceptable usage can be derived from these examples. Individual usage of the TBR network should be consistent with the goals and purposes of the TBR network. Authority for the TBR network acceptable use policies lies with the senior computing officers of the participating institutions/agencies as advised by the TBR network Advisory Committee and the TBR network Network Operations Center. Interpretation of questionable acceptable usage will be determined by the TBR network Advisory Committee, and recommendations will be made to the senior computing officers of the participating institutions/agencies. Until an issue is resolved, questionable use should be considered "not acceptable." |
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