Introduction

Access to modern information technology is essential to the state university mission of providing the students, faculty and staff of the State University of New York with educational services of the highest quality. The pursuit and achievement of the SUNY mission of education, research, and public service require that the privilege of the use of computing systems and software, internal and external data networks, as well as access to the World Wide Web, be made generally available to all those of the SUNY community. The preservation of that privilege by the full community requires that each faculty member, staff member, student, and other authorized user comply with institutional and external standards for appropriate use.

To assist and ensure such compliance, Binghamton University established the following policies which supplement all applicable SUNY policies, including sexual harassment, patent and copyright, and student and employee disciplinary policies, as well as applicable federal and state laws. The following policies in no way supersede state or federal laws, they concern the contents of computer accounts, and other forms of digital recording. These policies apply to all computers and software owned by Binghamton University, wherever they are located.