The Department of Family Medicine does not currently monitor the use of Internet facility. However, absolute care should be taken when using the Internet. The Internet is a worldwide community which contains a highly diverse user population and sites that could be harmful to computer systems.
The IT Department strongly recommends that all persons within the Department of Family Medicine use this resource wisely and with care. Users must avoid copyrighted sites, pop-ups and other sites that bring serious harm to computer systems.

Also, offensive contents may not be accessed, displayed, attained, stored, distributed, edited or recorded using the department Internet facility or computing resources. Content deemed offensive includes: sexually-explicit content, racist/sexist content, violent content, or foul language.

It is advisable that no one should use computing facilities to download or distribute pirated software or data. Not only could this software contain viruses and other harmful software, but downloading and using pirated software is illegal. Any software or files downloaded via the Internet may be used only in ways that are consistent with their licenses or copyrights.

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