Department of Human Genetics

Information Technology Policies

Please review the following policies set for the Human Genetics Department.

If you have any questions, please contact Michael Singer.


This policy establishes restrictions regarding the access and use of University owned and maintained computers, computer systems, computer networks, electronic communications facilities, and other related computing facilities used to store and process data, text, and software used by the University.

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This policy is designed to help prevent infection of Department computers and computer systems by computer viruses and other malicious code. This policy is intended to help prevent damage to user applications, data, files, and hardware.

This policy applies to all employees and faculty of the Department; as well as vendors, contractors, partners, students, collaborators and any others doing business or research with the Department will be subject to the provisions of this policy. Any other parties, who use, work on, or provide services involving Department computers and technology systems will also be subject to the provisions of this policy. Every user of Department computer resources is expected to know and follow this policy.

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This policy is designed to help prevent infection and security breaches of Department computers and computer systems by computer viruses and other malicious code. This policy is intended to help prevent damage to user applications, data, files, and hardware by installing Microsoft critical and security updates.

This policy applies to all employees and faculty of the Department. Every user of Department computer resources is expected to know and follow this policy.

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This policy is designed to help prevent infection of Department computers and computer systems by computer viruses and other malicious code. This policy is intended to help prevent damage to user applications, data, files, and hardware.

This policy applies to all Apple laptop and desktop computer users. Every user of Department computer resources is expected to know and follow this policy.

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This policy is designed to help prevent infection of Department computers and computer systems by computer viruses and other malicious code. This policy is intended to help prevent damage to user applications, data, files, and hardware.

This policy applies to all Microsoft Windows laptop and desktop computer users. Every user of Department computer resources is expected to know and follow this policy.

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This policy is designed to help prevent infection of Department computers and computer systems by computer viruses and other malicious code. This policy is intended to help prevent damage to user applications, data, files, and hardware. Also, this policy is to help reduce the chance of theft of Department data.

This policy applies to all lab computer users. Every user of Department lab computer resources is expected to know and follow this policy.

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This policy is designed to help prevent unauthorized access of Department computers and computer systems by outside network access. This policy is intended to help prevent unauthorized usage of user applications, data, files, and systems.

This policy applies to all employees and faculty of the Department; as well as vendors, contractors, partners, students, collaborators and any others doing business or research with the Department will be subject to the provisions of this policy. Any other parties, who use, work on, or provide services involving Department computers and technology systems will also be subject to the provisions of this policy. Every user of Department computer resources is expected to know and follow this policy.

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This policy is intended to protect confidential information.

This policy applies to all laptop and desktop computer users. Every user of Department computer resources is expected to know and follow this policy.

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This policy is intended to ensure that important documents, data, and systems are not lost in the instance of a hardware failure or other disaster.

This policy applies to all laptop and desktop computer users. Every user of Department computer resources is expected to know and follow this policy.

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This policy is intended to ensure that purchases made involving computers and computer software are completed through the proper channels outlined by the University of Pittsburgh.

This policy applies to all Faculty and Staff of the Department. Every Faculty and staff member is expected to know and follow this policy.

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