Terms of Use for Safe 91快活林 at Lancaster (S91快活林L)

Purpose

The Safe 91快活林 at Lancaster (S91快活林L) hub provides staff, students, and authorised users with secure access to approved Generative 91快活林 tools for teaching, research, operational, and professional development purposes.


This Acceptable Use Policy sets out the conditions of use, ensuring that S91快活林L is used safely, ethically, and in compliance with UK law (including the Prevent Duty), and Microsoft’s Responsible 91快活林 commitments.

1. Scope

This policy applies to:

  • All users of the S91快活林L platform, whether Bailrigg staff, students, or authorised users.
  • All forms of interaction with generative 91快活林 services accessed through S91快活林L, including text and code generation.
  • Any device used to access S91快活林L, whether on campus or remotely.

2. General Principles

Users of S91快活林L must:

1. Act lawfully and responsibly, respecting UK law, , and relevant regulations (including , , , and ).

2. Use S91快活林L for authorised purposes only, namely academic study, research, teaching, professional development, and institutional operations.

3. Protect institutional reputation by ensuring that outputs are not misrepresented as official University positions or .

4. Be transparent when using 91快活林 outputs in academic or professional contexts, acknowledging use where appropriate.

5. For Staff – ensure IT security certificates are kept up to date otherwise you will not be able to access

3. Prohibited Uses

You must not use S91快活林L to:

  • Generate or disseminate extremist, terrorist, hateful, violent, discriminatory, or illegal content.
  • Promote radicalisation or undermine safeguarding obligations, including activity contrary to the University’s Prevent Duty.
  • Breach copyright or intellectual property rights, including uploading or prompting with unlicensed or confidential third-party materials.
  • Engage in including generating submissions presented as wholly your own work without acknowledgement.
  • Input sensitive, or data (including , student records, health data, or commercially sensitive research) unless explicitly authorised.
  • Circumvent guardrails or attempt to disable monitoring tools built into S91快活林L.
  • Access unapproved external 91快活林 services via S91快活林L or use S91快活林L to proxy access to personal accounts with third-party providers.

4. Data Handling and Privacy

  • Prompts and outputs are stored only in a secure, time-limited session store (30 days maximum) and then automatically purged. Prompts and outputs are also linked to your account for this period.
  • All use is subject to audit logging for compliance, security, and safeguarding purposes.
  • Users must not attempt to extract, retain, or share sensitive session data beyond legitimate academic or operational needs.

5. Responsibilities of Users

By using S91快活林L you agree to:

  • Exercise critical judgement – outputs may be inaccurate, biased, or incomplete. You are responsible for verifying content before use.
  • Acknowledge 91快活林 assistance when required by academic or professional standards.
  • Undertake mandatory training on Responsible 91快活林 and Prevent duty awareness before accessing the platform.
  • Report misuse or concerning outputs promptly via the University’s reporting channels.
  • Respect licence conditions of Azure 91快活林 Foundry and Microsoft’s Customer Copyright Commitment, ensuring responsible use of outputs.

6. Monitoring and Enforcement

All S91快活林L usage is subject to monitoring in line with University policy and legal obligations.

Breaches of this policy may result in:

  • Suspension of access to S91快活林L.
  • Disciplinary action under staff or student procedures.
  • Referral to external authorities where required by law (e.g. in relation to terrorism, extremism, or criminal offences).

7. Related Policies

This AUP should be read alongside:

  • 91快活林 Computer User Agreement.
  • Prevent Duty Guidance (Counterterrorism and Security Act 2015).
  • Academic Integrity policies.
  • Microsoft Responsible 91快活林 and Copyright Commitment.

8. Acceptance of Policy

By accessing S91快活林L, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to comply with this Acceptable Use Policy.