Usage policies

• Proper use and accountability

• Presumption of privacy

• Retention of faculty member's files

• Security

  • University security policies, standards and guidelines

  • Sensitive information you may have on others

    • Policy 46 - Information Management

    • Media disposal

• Ethical use

• EBusiness

Your equipment

• Life-cycle: Planning/purchasing/installing/removal of equipment
• Security of your machine
  • Mobile devices are to be encrypted
  • Viruses and spyware
  • Security tips

Shared resources

• These include computational resources (e.g. cpu, storage, displays, bandwidth, peripherals) and physical space (labs, shared offices, study areas)
• Food and drink are not allowed in any shared physical space provided by the Faculty for computational purposes (e.g. all labs, shared graduate offices, etc.); the only exception is non-spillable drink containers. Departmental units are responsible for enforcing this rule in shared physical space within their unit.
• Resources are to be used for academic purposes (see description of ethical use)
• Do not monopolize resources (e.g. occupying public lab space for long periods of time, running computationally intensive processes at high priority, downloading large data sources at peak times, etc.)
• Be mindful of those around you (e.g. work quietly so as to not disturb others) and sensitive to their needs
• Violations may be dealt with by denying access to the shared resource
• Contact Math Faculty Computing Facility to report any problems related to a shared resource

Lab Bookings

• Computing labs may be booked for academic purposes by anyone in the Faculty of Mathematics and by others (again for academic purposes only) upon approval of the Associate Dean, Computing.
• Contact MFCF Help to book (mfcfhelp@uwaterloo.ca)

Non-UWaterloo resources

• External services (email, off-site files, ...)
  • Many of these are accessible to others, including foreign governments. They are not to be used for any university business that may contain sensitive information as described in Policy 46 - Information Management.