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Acceptable Use: FGU email accounts should primarily be used for FGU academic and business related purposes. Incidental and occasional personal use of email may occur, but it should not incur cost or impact university resources. Unacceptable uses include but are not limited to:
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use of email for commercial or financial gain; sending inappropriate email that is offensive, intimidating, demeaning, or harassing; use for any illegal or unethical purpose. This includes sending information that is protected by copyright policy; sending mass unsolicited emails for non-university related purposes; without prior authorization, posing as someone other than oneself when sending email.
Privacy: Although the university respects privacy and does employ specific email security measures, it does not guarantee security or privacy for FGU assigned email accounts. FGU will not monitor or inspect university assigned accounts unless under the direction of law officials or the University President. Circumstance for monitoring or inspection include but are not limited to:
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authorizing that all communications sent from the student's @email.fielding.edu account is acceptable as a proxy for the student's written signature, including but not limited to financial transactions authorizing that all requests that confidential information be transmitted to the student's @email.fielding.edu account releases FGU from all liability related to the release of the requested confidential information
in the course of an investigation for illegal or inappropriate use; to protect health and safety; to prevent interference with university business or the academic mission; to access critical business information that is not available by other means.
Educational Use: Faculty may determine how email is used for instructional purposes.
Policy Revised 07/01/2013
Qualtrics Terms of Use Qualtrics is Fielding’s official online survey platform. In order to be issued and maintain a Qualtrics account, a student must meet all of the eligibility criteria outlined below: 1) Enrolled as a Fielding doctoral student at issuance, continuous enrollment thereafter 2) Have an active IRB approval recorded (i.e., not expired) 3) Relevant for Doctoral Students Only: Dissertation concept paper/ pre-proposal approval (step 1 of 6) recorded or pilot project underway. OR
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