Lingnan Network Acceptable Use Policy

Being a full member of the Joint Universities Computer Centre (JUCC),  ITSC of Lingnan University provides Internet access for the University community on top of the network backbone of the Hong Kong Academic and Research Network (HARNET) which is a joint effort of all UGC-funded Universities and managed by the universities via the JUCC consortium .

All staff, students, alumni and other users who access to the University network are responsible for seeing that the University’s network resources are used in an effective, efficient, ethical and lawful manner. Some examples of unacceptable use of network resources include but are not limited to the follows:

  • Activities with advertising or other commercial purposes
  • Network resources being re-sold or transferred to third-parties
  • Substantial depletion of available bandwidth
  • Waste of network resources
  • Confidentiality and privacy of users being compromised
  • Violation of copyright or Intellectual property

More details in acceptable use of the University’s network resources could be referred to the HARNET Acceptable Use Policy.