Code of Conduct
Guiding Principle
Our computing resources are intended to support TSIL business objectives exclusively and explicitly for the use of TSIL Member Companies and their employees. All other uses of this site are strictly prohibited.
Code Violations and Discipline
Violations to the User Code of Conduct, complaints about violations, and disciplinary measures against violators are governed by applicable laws and regulations and by TSIL policies, regulations. Provisions of your use of our computing resources may also be governed by your firm's employment contracts or collective agreements.
Definitions
- Account: Any account number, access code, user identification code or authorization code granted for a computing resource.
- Computing Resource: Includes but is not limited to website, web content, downloadable documents or media files owned or managed by TSIL.
- User: Any person who has been provided with an account or computing resources.
User Commitment and Responsibility
Users accept and agree that they are responsible for all use of their account and computing resources and further accept to abide by the User Code of Conduct set out below.
Rights of TSIL
TSIL reserves the right to remove material from an account or computing resource and to suspend access to an account or computing resource pending investigation into suspected violations of the User Code of Conduct.
TSIL does not sponsor or endorse a user's data or the content of a user's responses in collaborative communications such as blogs or emails. Further, TSIL does not sponsor a user's data that may reside in discussion groups, account space or personal Web page.
Specific Responsibilities of Users
Under the User Code of Conduct, users must:
- Use only the account for which they have been authorized by TSIL, and comply with all restrictions applying to this account.
- Prevent unauthorized access for every single account and computing resource provided to them by using passwords and other controls, and keep these passwords and access controls confidential at all times.
- Never impersonate other users or any other person.
- Ensure their accounts and computing resources are used only for authorized activities.
- Never use accounts and computing resources for personal commercial purposes or financial gain.
- Prevent their accounts and computing resources from being used by other people, including family, friends, acquaintances and other third parties.
- Never send, display or store obscene or pornographic material or any other material that is subject to applicable laws or regulations.
- Never send harassing communications or send unauthorized and unsolicited bulk electronic mail.
- Never intercept or try to intercept network communications (such as e-mail messages, user-to-user dialogue) not intended specifically for them.
- Never interfere or attempt to interfere with any account or computing resources, as this could impair their normal operation.
- Never use accounts or computing resources to try to gain unauthorized access to non-TSIL resources.
- Use sound security devices and methods to protect accounts and computing resources, such as regular password changes, anti-virus software and regular data back-up.
- Comply with all copyright, trademarks and trade-name rights and licenses in all software or other material.