Policies and Standards

The Clark Account provides access to computing resources across the University.

This policy sets forth standards for responsible and acceptable use of Clark University’s Information Technology Systems (ITS) resources.

The purpose of this Security Extension to the Policy on Appropriate Use of Clark’s Information Technology System is to define the policy governing connecting devices to the network.

Information Technology Services (ITS) provides centralized network file storage, sharing and backup services to individuals, groups and departments across the University. Review the purpose of these policies.

This policy is to state the requirements for remote access to computing resources hosted at Clark University using Virtual Private Network (VPN) technology.

Take the time to review our Data Security Policy for All Faculty, Staff and Student Employees.

Take the time to review our Data Security Policy for Supervisors, Data Managers and Data Custodians.

This policy supplements and supports the Clark University Data Security Policies by defining the University’s procedures for retaining and destroying documents containing any Confidential and/or Restricted data types.

The purpose of change management is to ensure that standardized methods and procedures are used to alter the production environment, minimizing negative impact to services and customers and ensure audit compliance.

Clark University expects all members of its community to respect the rights of intellectual property ownership by adhering to the United States copyright laws.

Clark University provides its faculty, staff and students with access to the electronic resources they need to support its mission of education, research and service.  Learn about our policies for file sharing and copyright.

Learn about Filing Sharing and the Higher Education Opportunity Act and how is it related to P2P file sharing.

The purpose of this policy is to ensure the proper use of Clark University’s electronic mail communication system and make users of the email system aware of what Clark University deems to be acceptable and prohibited use.

The purpose of a list must be to further or augment one of the primary activities of the University, which include education, research, and teaching.

This privacy policy sets out how Clark uses and protects any information that you give to Clark when you use Clark-controlled and operated websites as well as other information you may provide to us from time to time.