Law / United States / 
Alaska
University of Alaska Regents' Policy on information and technology resources: limits on access to users' communications and files
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding government bodies.
- Obligation class
- Access restriction, Prohibition
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are the University of Alaska, let your Information Resources Personnel access the content of a user's electronic communications, or copy or examine files or other information on university information and technology resources, only to the extent there is a need to know to protect the privacy of data and communications, address a malfunction, maintain the secure and efficient operation of the system or avoid potential legal liability relating to its operation, or on a valid request made under regents' policy or university regulation, or as state or federal law requires (Regents' Policy P02.07.060).
- Have Information Resources Personnel keep confidential, to the extent practicable, the files and information they access in that way, other than evidence of conduct threatening the security of the resources (Regents' Policy P02.07.060).
- Require university personnel who have a reasonable basis for suspecting misconduct to submit a valid request through human resources or General Counsel before they gain access to another user's information (Regents' Policy P02.07.060).
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What record it asks for
Logging duty
Policy P02.07.060 limits access to users' communications and files and sets no duty to keep a record of that access.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
The Board of Regents of the University of Alaska may adopt reasonable rules, orders, and plans with reasonable penalties for the good government of the university. Under Regents' Policy P02.07.060, users of university information and technology resources may have a reasonable expectation of privacy in personal information unrelated to employment held on those resources or in files devoted primarily to the user.
Information Resources Personnel may access the content of electronic communications and copy and examine files only to the extent there is a need to know to protect the privacy of data and communications, address a malfunction, maintain the secure and efficient operation of the system or avoid potential legal liability, and otherwise only on a valid request under regents' policy or university regulation or as state or federal law requires.
They must, to the extent practicable, keep confidential the files and information they access, other than evidence of conduct threatening the security of the resources. University personnel who suspect misconduct must submit a valid request through human resources or General Counsel to gain access to another user's information.
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