mailed to you by calling (816) 501-3627.
The website contains information on campus security and personal safety, including crime pre-
vention, University police law-enforcement authority, crime reporting policies, disciplinary
procedures, and other important matters about security on campus. It also contains statistics for
the three previous calendar years on reported crimes that occurred on campus, in certain off-
campus buildings or property owned or controlled by Avila University and on public property
within or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus.
Information Technology
The primary purpose of the information technology system on the Avila University campus is for
educational related activities. Members of the Avila community must adhere to the following:
System Integrity
1. Ultimate responsibility for proper use and misuse of the system (including all computers,
software, related equipment and the network) lies with each individual user.
2. Actions taken by users that deliberately deny authorized persons access to any aspect of the
system are prohibited.
3. Actions taken by users that interfere with or alter the integrity of the Universitys equipment
or software are prohibited.
4. Intentional actions taken by users that place onto any Avila equipment any icons, or screen-
savers or items of a nature that would be considered offensive are prohibited.
Privacy and No Harassment
1. Students are required to respect others right to privacy in the electronic forum. Avila University
prohibits users of University technology including computers and users of personally owned
computers linked via University telecommunications equipment to other systems from violating
such rights. This includes, but is not limited to, attempts to read another persons electronic mail,
to access anothers files, to access electronic records containing information concerning another
person, use of another persons e-mail account, and use of another persons password.
2. Accounts are not to be shared by multiple users.
3. Fraudulent, harassing, nuisance, threatening, offensive or obscene messages and/or materi-
als are not to be displayed, sent with or stored onto any Avila equipment, or displayed with
private equipment in any public forum.
4. This policy does not prohibit Avila University from monitoring users of University technol-
ogy. Users should have no expectation of privacy in Avila owned equipment or technology.
Copyright Observance
1. Avila University purchases or licenses the use of copies of computer software from a vari-
ety of outside companies. The University does not own the copyright to this software or its
related documentation. Users may not reproduce any portion for use on another computer
without permission from Information Technology Services. Permission is granted only if it complies with
the Universitys licensing or receives permission from the software developer.
2. Copyright with regards to traditional written materials applies to works in electronic forms.
Users must comply with all copyright rules and regulations according to the U.S. Copyright Law.
3. Software may not be loaded and/or saved onto any Avila University equipment without
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