NI4OS Europe Acceptable Use Policy
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
- 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.
- You shall only use the Services for lawful purposes and not breach, attempt to breach, nor circumvent administrative or security controls.
- You shall respect intellectual property and confidentiality agreements.
- You shall protect your access credentials (e.g. passwords, private keys or multi-factor tokens); no intentional sharing is permitted.
- You shall keep your registered information correct and up to date.
- 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.
- 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.
- Your personal data will be processed in accordance with the privacy statements referenced below.
- Your use of the Services may be restricted or suspended, for administrative, operational, or security reasons, without prior notice and without compensation.
- 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)
Contact Details
- The administrative contact for this AUP is: pmo@ni4os.eu
- The security contact for this AUP is: security@ni4os.eu
- The privacy statements (e.g. Privacy Notices) are located at: https://aai.ni4os.eu/privacy/services