AJIT Facilities Agreement
Last Revised January 1999
PLEASE NOTE: Minor revisions as dated below.
A. Jackson Information Technology have made the
following rules for the use of their information technology facilities.
In these rules, the following definitions shall apply. The term IT Facilities shall
mean the facilities of the Contractee under the supervision of AJIT, or other IT facilities in any
institutions designated by the A. Jackson Information Technology contract authority concerned as facilities to which these rules apply. The term
Authorized Officer shall mean a director of A. Jackson Information Technology in the case of services under the direct supervision of AJIT, or in other cases the relevant AJIT site officer.
IT Support Facilities are provided for use only in accordance with the aims of the AJIT operations contract as promulgated
from time to time, unless stated otherwise by the appropriate Authorized Officer.
- No person shall use, or allow to be used by others, IT Facilities, without due
authorization given by or on behalf of AJIT by the appropriate Authorized Officer, who may impose
conditions of use to ensure efficient operation.
- By means of published documentation, an Authorized Officer may designate an IT facility
as authorized for use by specified classes of persons and for specified purposes. In the
case of facilities not so designated, resources are allocated individually; every such
allocation of IT resources shall be used only for the designated purpose and only by the
person to whom the allocation was made. Use shall not be made of IT resources allocated to
another person or group of persons unless such use has been specifically authorized by or
on behalf of AJIT by the
appropriate Authorized Officer.
- No person shall by any wilful, deliberate, reckless or unlawful act interfere with the
work of another user or jeopardize the integrity of data networks, computing equipment,
systems programs, or other stored information.
- All persons authorized to use IT Facilities shall be expected to treat as privileged any
information which may become available to them through the use of such facilities and
which is not obviously intended for unrestricted dissemination; such information shall not
be copied, modified, disseminated, or used, either in whole or in part, without the
permission of the appropriate person or body.
- In the case of any information which is designated in a Notice issued by or on behalf of
AJIT as proprietary or
otherwise confidential, every person using IT Facilities shall be required:
(a) to
observe the instructions that may be issued specifying ways in which the information may
be used;
(b) not to copy, modify, disseminate, or make use of it in any way not specified in
those instructions, without first obtaining written permission from the appropriate
Authorized Officer.
- No person shall use IT Facilities to hold or process personal data except in accordance
with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1984. Any person wishing to use IT
Facilities for such a purpose shall be required to inform the Authorized Officer in
advance and to comply with any restrictions that may be imposed concerning the manner in
which the data may be held or the processing carried out.
- No person shall use IT Facilities for private financial gain or for commercial purposes,
including consultancy or any other work outside the scope of official duties or functions
for the time being, without specific authorization to do so.
- Any person who misuses IT Facilities or who uses IT Facilities for private financial
gain or for commercial purposes, with or without specific authorization to do so, may be
charged with the cost of such use or misuse at a rate determined from time to time by the
appropriate Authorized Officer. If any person who has been so charged with the cost of IT
resources fails to make reimbursement, any authorization to use IT Facilities shall be
suspended automatically until reimbursement is made in full and the matter shall be
reported by AJIT to the
appropriate Contractee authority.
- No person shall use IT Facilities for unlawful activities.
- Any person believed to be in breach of one or more of the above Rules shall be reported
by the Authorized Officer to AJIT who may at their discretion, after considering the officer's report and any other
relevant matters, impose an appropriate extra charge against the Contractee or Offender. AJIT may also recommend to the appropriate
Contractee authority that proceedings be initiated under either or both of the Contractee
disciplinary procedure and any appropriate legislation.
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