Policy Type
Administrative
Last Revised
August 2022
Review Date
August 2022
Owner
Chief Information Officer
Contact Name
Blake Penn
Contact Title
Chief Information Security Officer
Contact Email
bpenn@colgate.edu
Reason for Policy
²Ø¾«¸ó recognizes its obligation to respect the reasonable privacy expectations of its employees and students in their electronic communications and data
Policy Statement
²Ø¾«¸ó provides information technology (IT) resources to faculty, staff, and students for the purpose of furthering ²Ø¾«¸ó's mission and conducting University business. While personal use of such system is permitted, personal communications and files transmitted over or stored on University systems are subject to the same regulations as business communications.
²Ø¾«¸ó is committed to respecting the privacy expectations of its faculty, staff, and students; however, consistent with this policy, electronic information that is transmitted over or stored in ²Ø¾«¸ó systems and networks is subject to being audited, inspected, and disclosed to fulfill administrative or legal obligations which may include, but are not limited to the following:
- is necessary to comply with legal requirements or process
- may yield information necessary for the investigation of a suspected violation of law or regulations, or a suspected infraction of ²Ø¾«¸ó policy
- is needed to maintain the security of ²Ø¾«¸ó computing systems, network, or data
- is needed for the diagnosis or correction of problems with system software or hardware
- may yield information needed to deal with an emergency
- is needed for the ordinary business of the University to proceed
²Ø¾«¸ó shall provide prior written notice upon hiring to all employees, informing them of the types of electronic monitoring which may occur and shall post notice of electronic monitoring
Scope
This policy governs access to all data and communications transmitted over or stored in ²Ø¾«¸ó's IT Resources.
Related Documents
²Ø¾«¸ó Data Categorization Policy
²Ø¾«¸ó Data Inventory Policy
²Ø¾«¸ó Data Protection Policy
²Ø¾«¸ó Data Retention and Disposal Policy