This policy, the IRIS Acceptable Use Policy and Conditions of Use, is effective from 4th March 2021.
This Acceptable Use Policy and Conditions of Use (“AUP”) defines the rules and conditions that govern your access to and use, including the transmission, processing and storage of data, of the resources and services, jointly referred to as “Services”, granted by the Delivery Board of the e-Infrastructure for Research and Innovation for STFC (“IRIS”).
The Services are provided for the purpose of conducting research that furthers the science goals and missions supported by STFC and its partner organisations. More information about IRIS, its structure and partners can be found on the IRIS website.
Your access to IRIS is enabled through your affiliation with an IRIS partner organisation.
Conditions of use
- 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.
- You shall only use the Services for lawful purposes and shall not breach, attempt to breach or circumvent administrative or security controls.
- You shall respect intellectual property and confidentiality agreements.
- You shall protect your access credentials, for example passwords, private keys or multi-factor tokens. No intentional sharing is permitted.
- You shall keep your registered information correct and up to date.
- 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.
- 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.
- Your personal data will be processed in accordance with the privacy statements referenced below.
- Your use of the Services may be restricted or suspended for administrative, operational or security reasons, without prior notice and without compensation.
- 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.
Contacts
The administrative contact for this Acceptable Use Policy is support@iris.ac.uk.
The security contact for this Acceptable Use Policy is security@iris.ac.uk.
Privacy statements
The privacy statements, including applicable Privacy Notices, are available on the /security/IRIS security pages.
Service level agreements
There are no applicable service level agreements.
Licence and acknowledgements
“The WISE Baseline Acceptable Use Policy and Conditions of Use” by members of the WISE Community SCI Working Group was used under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence, with the addition of the UK IRIS description and terms.
Other sources and acknowledgements include “EGI Acceptable Use Policy and Conditions of Use”, used under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence.
The research leading to these results received funding from the European Community’s Horizon 2020 Programme under Grant Agreement No. 730941 (AARC2).
