Additional Guidelines

Guides for Cloud Computing and Using non-Texas State Information Services

• Texas State
      Checklist: Contracting for Information Technology Resources and Services (PDF)
      Texas State Data Services Contract Addendum (PDF)
      Texas State Data Services Contract Addendum (MS Word)

• EDUCAUSE (see www.educause.edu)
      7 Things You Should Know About Cloud Security
      Other Data Protection Contractual Language Specific to Higher Education

• World Privacy Forum
      Cloud Computing Privacy Tips
      Privacy in the Clouds: Risks to Privacy and Confidentiality from Cloud Computing

Digital Copyright, P2P, and File Sharing

Texas State Policies related to Copyright

• UPPS 01.04.27 - Ownership and Use of Copyrighted Works
• UPPS 04.01.07 - Appropriate Use of Information Resources

Copyright Law

• Digital Millennium Copyright Act (October 1998)                                                                                      
     Full text of the Act located on file with the Library of Congress

• No Electronic Theft Act (LaMacchia Bill)              
     Full text of the Act located on file with the Library of Congress
• Copyright Act of 1976, as Amended (1994)
  Located on file with the Cornell University Law School

For more information on filesharing and copyrighted laws click here.