Text of Executive Vice President
Furmanski's October 20, 2010 Memo Transmitting a Revised Acceptable Use
Policy, relative to the Senate's Report and Recommendations on Charge S-0310 on Email Privacy
To: Members,
University Senate Executive Committee
From: Philip
Furmanski
Re: Email Privacy
I am writing to update you regarding
the university’s response to the Senate Report and Recommendations on Charge S-0310 on Email Privacy. As you know
from our discussion at the June 2010 Executive Committee meeting, email privacy
concerns are now addressed in the context of our revised Acceptable Use Policy
for Computing and Information Technology Resources. The Executive Committee
meeting discussion about the proposed draft Acceptable Use Policy identified
several remaining concerns the members had about the policy. These included a
request to add a provision about giving appropriate notice, when feasible, to
individuals whose private electronic information is to be accessed, and
extending the provisions about technical and system administrators to refer
explicitly to both central and local (unit/department) personnel. We have now modified the
policy to address these and other concerns and I attach the resulting revised
policy for your information. This final version will now be posted both in the
online Policy Library and on the Office of Information Technology website. We thank the Senate and its Executive
Committee for their input regarding this matter.
Attachment
c: Bruce Fehn, Senior Vice President for
Finance and Administration
Don Smith, Vice President for
Information Technology
Ken Swalagin, Executive Secretary
University Senate