NI4OS Europe Acceptable Use Policy
Introduction
This Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) defines the rules and
conditions that govern your access to and use (including transmission,
processing, and storage of data) of the resources and services
(“Services”) as granted by NI4OS-Europe for the purpose of
onboarding Services and resources via the Fedatating Core (Authentication
& Authorisation Infrastructure, Accounting, Monitoring and Service
Catalogue) and integrating them to the NI4OS-Europe and European Open Science
Cloud (EOSC).
Requirements
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You shall only use the Services in a manner consistent with the purposes and
limitations described above; you shall show consideration towards other
users including by not causing harm to the Services; you have an obligation
to collaborate in the resolution of issues arising from your use of the
Services.
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You shall only use the Services for lawful purposes and not breach, attempt
to breach, nor circumvent administrative or security controls.
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You shall respect intellectual property and confidentiality
agreements.
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You shall protect your access credentials (e.g. passwords, private keys or
multi-factor tokens); no intentional sharing is permitted.
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You shall keep your registered information correct and up to date.
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You shall promptly report known or suspected security breaches, credential
compromise, or misuse to the security contact stated below; and report any
compromised credentials to the relevant issuing authorities.
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Reliance on the Services shall only be to the extent specified by any
applicable service level agreements listed below. Use without such
agreements is at your own risk.
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Your personal data will be processed in accordance with the privacy
statements referenced below.
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Your use of the Services may be restricted or suspended, for administrative,
operational, or security reasons, without prior notice and without
compensation.
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If you violate these rules, you may be liable for the consequences, which
may include your account being suspended and a report being made to your
home organisation or to law enforcement.
Revisions to this Acceptable Use Policy
NI4OS-Europe reserves the right to revise, amend, and/or modify this AUP at
any time. Notice of any revision, amendment, and/or modification to this AUP
will be posted on the landing page for the Services. You agree that your use
of the Services, beyond a period of one calendar month after a notice of such
change has been provided on the Services for the first time, shall constitute
your consent to the revised, amended, and/or modified version of the AUP.
v1.0 (effective 14th February, 2020)
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