Following activities amount to unethical use of computing facilities and will attract punishment from the Institute authorities
Playing games on the machines in the computer centre
Locking the screen of machines in the computer centre
Sending junk mail to all the users
Sending chain letters
Minimum punishment is suspension of computer access facilities for two weeks. Additionally financial fine may also be imposed.
Unnecessary downloads from the Internet.
Minimum punishment is suspension of computer access facilities for two weeks. In addition (s)he will have to compensate the institute for the resources wasted.
Giving accounts to other persons, sometimes outsiders
pornographic material on the disk
Viewing pornographic material on terminals
Using personal account to do outside (non-institute) work for which the
individual is paid.
Minimum punishment is suspension of access facilities for six months and cases being sent to concerned authorities for disciplinary action.
Breaking security of the systems
Trying to capture password of other users
Damaging/gaining access to the data of other users
This kind of abuse is taken most seriously. Anyone found involved in these activities will have access being denied for one year. The cases will be sent to concerned authorities for necessary disciplinary action.
Using any kind of software without correct licenses
This kind of abuse is taken most seriously. Anyone found involved in this activity will have access to facilities being denied and will be liable for direct action from the software provider/manufacturer/company for any breach of licensing without any responsibility of the institute.
We cannot enumerate all these cases. However, a thumb rule is that any activity which inconveniences users, depletes the computer centre resources, or jeopardizes the security of the systems, or violates intellectual property rights of software, amounts to unethical use. Moreover, it should be noted that the punishment set out for various cases can change and can be very severe depending on the view that the institute takes of the offence.
