This Acceptable Use Policy and Conditions of Use (“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 applies to all the users of the Advanced Computing and e-Science Group computing services.

Glossary of terms

For the purpose of this SLA, the following terms and definitions apply:

• The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119.

Acceptable Use Policy and Conditions of Use

By registering in any of the Advanced Computing and e-Science Group services as a user you declare that you have read, understood and will abide by the following conditions of use:

1. 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.
2. You shall only use the Services for lawful purposes and not breach, attempt to breach, nor circumvent administrative or security controls.
3. You shall respect intellectual property and confidentiality agreements.
4. You  shall  protect  your  access  credentials  (e.g.  passwords,  private  keys  or  multi-factor tokens); no intentional sharing is permitted.
5. You shall keep your registered information correct and up to date.
6. 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: computing.security@ifca.unican.es
7. 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.
8. Your  personal  data  will  be  processed  in  accordance  with  the  privacy  statements referenced below.
9. Your use of the Services may be restricted or suspended, for administrative, operational, or security reasons, without prior notice and without compensation.

10. You use the resources/services at your own risk. There is no guarantee that the resources/services will be available at any time or that their integrity or confidentiality will be preserved or that they will suit any purpose.

11. You agree that logged information, including personal data provided by you for registration purposes, may be used for administrative, operational, accounting, monitoring and security purposes. You agree that this logged information may be disclosed to other authorised participants via secured mechanisms, only for the same purposes and only as far as necessary to provide the services.

12. 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 agencies.
13. You shall provide appropriate acknowledgement of support for your use of the resources/services provided. The following acknowledgement text can be used for this purpose (e.g. in scientific publications):
    

    "We acknowledge the support from the Advanced Computing and e-Science group at the Institute of Physics of Cantabria (IFCA-CSIC-UC)."
    

The administrative contact for this AUP is: computing.support@ifca.unican.es

The security contact for this AUP is: computing.security@ifca.unican.es

The privacy statements (e.g. Privacy Notices) are located at: Privacy Policy

Applicable service level agreements are located at: Corporate SLA