Rules and Responsibilities for a User Account at Statistics Canada

October 5, 2012

NOTE: The following rules and responsibilities must be acknowledged and understood by network users at Statistics Canada.

  1. You as an authorized user are the only person who may use your account. Your password must be kept secret. If it becomes known to any other person, you must change it.
  2. As an authorized user, you must change your password every 90 days in accordance with Statistics Canada’s password standards.
  3. You must accept the Network Use Policy Agreement every 90 days. Failure to do so will result in suspension of your accounts.
  4. Confidential data acquired through the use of computer facilities must not be disclosed to anyone outside Statistics Canada.
  5. Computer services are shared among all users in Statistics Canada and must not be restricted or interfered with by software or hardware techniques. To report any abuse or misuse of Statistics Canada's informatics resources, please submit a request to Desktop Support using the SRM-GDS icon located on your desktop.
  6. As computer resources are expensive, care should be taken that they are used efficiently and in accordance with the requirements of authorized work on Statistics Canada projects.
  7. Upon termination of employment at Statistics Canada, you must complete an Employee Clearance notification using the Data Access Request System and select Launch application.
  8. Upon extension of a term employment, you must provide a copy of your letter of offer to the Informatics Service Desk (Fax number: 951-3294) to have your expiry date changed.
  9. To update your personal information (e.g., location or telephone number), please use the Personal Work Information Application.
  10. You must ask the Informatics Service Desk to suspend your account for absences of more than two months. To do so, please submit a request to Desktop Support using the SRM-GDS icon located on your desktop.
 
 
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