Information Technology Services Center

Personal Home Page - Guidelines

• HKUST is a nonprofit educational institution and the use of its facilities, including computer and network facilities, is limited to the educational and other nonprofit purposes of its students, faculty and eligible staff.
• Accordingly, computing and networking resources and the ability to create a Personal Home Page that is either linked to the official HKUST Home Pages or posted using HKUST computer facilities are privileges extended to members of the HKUST community, within the available resources of HKUST, and must be exercised in conformity with all applicable HKUST policies and guidelines and all applicable laws.
• Personal Home Pages may be created and posted only for presenting author's own information or materials on a personal nature, and should not be used as a channel for providing online services like software download site, open discussion forum, etc.
• No person may include in a Web page any advertising materials or other materials relating to business or commercial activities of such person or any third person. No pornographics or indecent materials can be included, both in a direct or indirect way, in a Personal Home Page. The content of any Web page and its compliance with applicable policy and law is the sole responsibility of the author.
• All users are expected to observe acceptable standards of behaviour in using HKUST Computing and Networking Services. Please read the Acceptable Usage Policy carefully before proceeds to create your own Personal Home Page.
• HKUST does not routinely monitor or edit the content of Web pages. However, in the event that HKUST becomes aware of a violation of policy or law that involves a web page, HKUST reserves the right to remove the web page, restrict access to such page or take other action as deemed appropriate by HKUST.
• If any person has any doubt as to the applicability of the policies and guidelines referred to herein, such person should contact webmaster@www.ust.hk before taking any action.
• Persons who do not want their Web activities to be restricted by the policies and guidelines contained in this document, are advised to contact commercial Internet service providers.