These questions will be presented to a panel of legal and security professionals for discussion on October 12th.  We will work to provide a full transcript of the discussion and make it available on this page.

Student Privacy

• What information is protected under Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)?
• Does the university give out or sell information about students?
• Under what circumstances does ITS, or the University, contact local Police/Law Enforcement
• Scenarios
  • What if my roommate uses my computer and commits a crime am I responsible?
  • Am I, as a student, liable for keeping my computer secured? (i.e. patch/security updates, antivirus software, spyware software, etc)
  • I am testing a security software application for my computer science class that scans network devices for vulnerabilities. Can I run this software on the UI network?
• What am I allowed, or not allowed, to do on the University network?
• A student downloads a movie file from the internet, does not pay for it, watches the movie then deletes it. Has this student violated copyright laws?

Software Ownership

• What information should I read under the licensing agreement before I click next when installing software?
• What software that is installed on my work computer can I install on my home computer?
• I am unable to find license information for a software application I need to install, what do I do?
• I recently purchased a computer at work and it came with Microsoft XP Home Edition, but I need Microsoft XP Pro. Can I install XP Pro?
• I installed a free addition of a software application on my work computer. The software is also sold for professional or commercial use. Is my installation legal?
• Microsoft Licensing – What is the difference between Microsoft Volume Licensing and OEM license?

Employee Rights

• Do I own my e-mail?
• Does ITS keep logs of e-mail delivery? Does ITS keep logs of e-mail content?
• Can I Encrypt my work e-mail? Will I be required to decrypt it?
• Do I need to add a disclaimer to my e-mail about confidentiality?
• Can I share my accounts with another faculty/staff member at the U of I?
• What is a public records request?
• How long should I keep documents, records and e-mail that pertain to university business?
• What should I do if law enforcement contacts me directly about a possible computer crime in my department?
• I maintain my own e-mail or document server for a department. What rules am I required to follow for maintaining records, e-mail content, and security for law enforcement and public records requests?

Fair use copyright

• What is Fair Use and how does it pertain to security?