ARCHIVED: Box acceptable use responsibilities

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Overview
Usage responsibilities
Sanctions
Assent

Overview

Important:

IU's Box cloud storage service was retired on May 10, 2021. For information about cloud storage options available at IU, see Storage at IU.

The IU ARCHIVED: Box service is designed to provide you with better and more secure methods of fostering collaboration. You must agree to follow these acceptable usage standards and must accept responsibility to preserve the security and confidentiality of information that you store, post, share, or access before an account in IU's enterprise Box service is provisioned for you.

Usage responsibilities

Important:

Box at Indiana University is not appropriate for storing or sharing most types of institutional data classified as Critical. However, with ARCHIVED: certain additional security measures you may be able to use IU Box with some data that contain protected health information (PHI) regulated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). For more, see ARCHIVED: Types of data appropriate for IU Box accounts.

You agree to:

Abide by the responsibilities outlined in Acceptable Use Agreement for access to technology and information resources at IU.
Understand the Classification levels of institutional data and maintain the appropriate safeguards to protect the information. See Rules and Policies of Data Management.
Use IU's Box service appropriately for institutional information, as noted above.
Periodically review your security and sharing settings, ensuring that university information is shared only with intended audiences. See ARCHIVED: Share and collaborate on files with Box.
Adhere to established university-wide and departmental policies and guidelines.
Understand that eligibility to use IU's enterprise Box service is based on current affiliation with the university.

Sanctions

Failure to comply with IU information and IT policies may result in sanctions relating to the individual's use of IT resources (such as suspension or termination of access, or removal of online material); to the individual's employment (up to and including immediate termination of employment); to the individual's studies within the university (such as student discipline in accordance with applicable university policy); civil or criminal liability; or any combination of these. See Management of Institutional Data (DM-01).

Assent

Use of the IU Box service indicates acceptance of the Box Terms of Service. If you do not agree with the terms and conditions of this agreement, do not under any circumstances access or use the Box service.