Schedule A: Acceptable Use of Computer and Network Resources – Misuse Schedule

‘Misuse’ includes, but is not limited to:

2.1 Use for any purpose other than an authorised purpose.

2.2 Use that causes or contributes to a breach of any provision of a law, statute, regulation, subordinate instrument or conduct applying to the Institute.

2.3 Use that contravenes regulation, rule, policy or procedure.

2.4 Creating, transmitting, storing, downloading or possessing illegal material.

2.5 Accessing, displaying, copying, downloading, distributing, storing, or sharing pirated software, games, video, music, images, fonts, or other copyright material unrelated to work or study purposes.

2.6 The deliberate or reckless creation, transmission, storage, downloading, or display of any offensive or menacing images, data, or other material, or any data capable of being resolved into such images or material, except in the case of the appropriate use of Information Technology Resources for properly supervised Institute work or study purposes.

2.7 Use which constitutes an infringement of any intellectual property rights, or copyright of another person or organisation.

2.8 Communications which would be actionable under the law of defamation.

2.9 Communications which misrepresent a personal view as the view of the Institute.

2.10 Use which constitutes unauthorised recording, publishing, or communication of Institute lectures, tutorials, meetings, online exams or conversations.

2.11 Deliberate or reckless undertaking of activities resulting in any of the following:

1. The imposition of an unreasonable burden on the Institute’s Information Technology Resources.
2. Corruption of or disruption to data on the Institute’s Information Technology Resources, or to the data of another person or organisation.
3. Disruption to other Authorised Users; or
4. Introduction or transmission of any hostile or intrusive software, including computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, ransomware, spyware, adware, scareware, and other malicious programs in any form including hyperlinks, executable code, scripts, active content, and other software into the Institute’s Information Technology Resources.

2.12 Circumventing authentication or access control measures, security or restrictions upon the use of any Information Technology Resources or account, including the unauthorised distribution or use of tools for compromising security, including but not limited to password guessing programs, cracking tools, packet sniffers or network probing tools.

2.13 Gambling, other than participation in approved football-tipping and like competitions where the primary purpose is social rather than financial.

2.14 Accessing pornography.

2.15 Use of any Information Technology Resources for sending junk mail or unsolicited bulk messages without Institute approval, for-profit messages, or chain, hoax or scam letters or messages.

2.16 Use of any Information Technology Resources for the purposes of any private business whether for profit or not, or for any business purpose other than Institute business, without prior approval from the Chief Executive Officer.

2.17 Subscribing to list servers, mailing lists and other like services for purposes other than Institute work or study or limited personal use.

2.18 Participation in online conferences, chat rooms, discussion groups or other like services for purposes other than Institute work or study or limited personal use.

2.19 Unauthorised accessing of information, including but not limited to unauthorised access to servers, hard drives, email accounts or files.

2.20 Unauthorised reserving of, or exclusion of others from using, any Information Technology Resources.

2.21 Breaching the Institute’s Privacy Management Policy.

2.22 Performing an act which will interfere with the normal operation of any Information Technology Resources.

2.23 Unauthorised use of the Institute logo.

2.24 Representing that a message or material comes from another person without that person’s authorisation.

2.25 Knowingly running, installing or distributing on any Information Technology Resources a program intended to damage or to place excessive load on any Information Technology Resources, including without limitation programs in the nature of computer viruses, Trojan horses and worms.

2.26 Failure to comply with the conditions of use imposed by an external provider when that provider's equipment or services are used in conjunction with any Information Technology Resources.

2.27 Providing a password or other means of authentication for any Information Technology Resources to another person without prior written approval or failing to take reasonable care to protect a password or other means of authentication for any Information Technology Resources from being accessed or used by another person.

2.28 Failing to exercise reasonable care in the use, management and maintenance of Information Technology Resources, including but not limited to taking reasonable steps to ensure security and integrity of Information Technology Resources, including protection of equipment, systems and data from theft, unauthorised use or viruses.

2.29 Failing to comply with any reasonable instruction given by or with the authority of the Institute copyright to remove or disable access to material.

2.30 Using computing processing resources owned or operated by the Institute or computer resources powered by electricity provided by the Institute to perform mining of cryptocurrencies or brute forcing of cryptographic hash values for personal gain.

2.31 Aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring a person to do any of the things referred to in paragraphs a to ac.

2.32 Inducing or attempting to induce a person to do any of the things referred to in paragraphs a to ac.

2.33 Being in any way, directly or indirectly, knowingly concerned in, or a party to, any of the things referred to in paragraphs a to ac.

2.34 Conspiring with others to do any of the things referred to in paragraphs a to ac; and

2.35 Attempting to do any of the things referred to in paragraphs a to ac.