cPanel Rules and Responsibilities
All cPanel users must be aware of the University's policies regarding personal information.
- Information Security Policies
- Data Protection policies
- Guidelines for Staff Dealing with Personal Data
In addition, you must adhere to the rules below or use a commercial website host.
Your responsibilities
You must:
- provide CiCS with an email address
- respond promptly to messages relating to this service or it may be assumed that you have left and your cPanel accounts will be suspended and ultimately deleted
- contact CiCS about any activity likely to generate excessive loads or other problems beforehand
- ensure that any software you install is kept up-to-date
- use the Content Management System (CMS) for 'Public-facing' University material unless not technically possible
You must not:
- degrade the system for others
- cause any security risks
- publish material that would be inappropriate or bring the University into disrepute, eg for reasons of legality, copyright, IPR, data protection, offensiveness, etc.
- use program scripts that present a security risk
- use cPanel for large personal sites
- use cPanel for commerial activities or for any kind of financial transaction
CiCS responsibilities
CiCS is responsible for service security, integrity and quality. CiCS can manage user activities and take the system off-line if necessary.
CiCS can:
- remove or block access to pages
- restrict space or bandwidth for a site or user
- delete or prevent use of some types of material
- deny access to specific users
Note: When you leave the University, cPanel accounts will be suspended for a period to allow correspondence and then eventually be deleted.