Common use of Computer Privacy Clause in Contracts

Computer Privacy. The University and the AAUP-LS recognize the University’s right and obligation to provide the CSU community with high quality computer and network resources, to protect the security and integrity of the computer facilities owned and operated by the University, and at the same time to treat faculty electronic mail (“email”) and faculty computer files as private to the fullest extent permitted by law. The University and the AAUP- LS agree that the rights of academic freedom and freedom of expression apply to the use of the University’s computer and network resources, as do the responsibilities associated with those rights. A. Achieving security and privacy means that it is University policy that, except under extraordinary circumstances described below, access by University personnel to faculty email requires the permission of either the sender or the recipient of the message. Similarly, access by University personnel to the content of a computer file in a faculty computer account or otherwise located on University computer hardware assigned to a faculty member ordinarily requires the permission of the faculty member to whom the account or hardware has been assigned. Except in cases of emergency as noted in part