Acceptable and Unacceptable Uses

IT resources owned and/or operated or services provided or subscribed to by MCC, hardwired and wireless, are intended for the use of MCC students, faculty, staff, and other authorized individuals for purposes directly related to instruction and business operations.

It is not acceptable to use MCC IT resources:

• For any purposes prohibited by federal or state law,
• For commercial gain or profit,
• To create or propagate computerized viruses, malware, or spyware,
• To access, display, make accessible, play, publish, or transmit any annoying (i.e. spamming), discriminatory, Indecent, lewd, obscene, pornographic, offensive, racist, sexist, threatening or harassing language, and/or materials,
• To transfer copyrighted materials to or from any information resource, except as permitted by law or by written agreement with the owner of the copyright,
• To attempt to obtain unauthorized computer access or privileges or to attempt to trespass in the files, folders, or work of another individual,
• To conduct any activity that could cause a security breach or disrupt service,
• For snooping (i.e., obtaining access to the files or electronic mail of others for the purpose of satisfying idle curiosity with no substantial College business purpose),
• For spoofing (i.e., constructing an electronic communication so it appears to be from someone else),
• For phishing (i.e., attempting to gain confidential information by using fraudulent emails or other electronic communications).

Due to the possibility of configuration errors, virus infections, etc., personally owned devices, such as laptop computers may not be attached to any wired port on the MCC network. Only those devices owned and managed by MCC will be allowed to connect to the MCC wired local area network. Further, it is not permissible to deliberately attempt to damage and/or sabotage IT resources or to perform port scans.