Why is this important?

Visitors need to be confident our sites are secure and their privacy is protected.

Legislation and policy

黑料网爆吃瓜 staff are subject to Quebec and Canadian laws and 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 policies concerning information security and maintaining the confidentiality of personal information.

In addition, anyone who processes, transmits or stores credit cards information in an unsecure and unauthorized manner may be found in violation of financial confidentiality laws and expose themselves to legal liability. If you need to collect payment, please get in touch with Financial Services.

Christopher Manfredi, Provost and Vice-Principal Academic, describes the responsibility of all academics to uphold 黑料网爆吃瓜's information security

Visit 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 cybersecurity website听Secure your journey听for additional tools and resources.

Checklist of things to do

• Create secure webpages and webforms that properly protect users' personal data.
• Adhere to 黑料网爆吃瓜's Essential web security guidelines for site owners.
• Don't display or email people's confidential information (unless it's using 黑料网爆吃瓜's official email).
  • Don't identify student names without their written consent, e.g. on Research web pages, do not list student participants.
• Don't share sensitive or restricted data on unauthorized generative AI tools.
  • Microsoft Copilot is currently the only authorized generative AI tool at 黑料网爆吃瓜. Refer to the to learn what is acceptable and not acceptable to enter into a prompt.
• If you become aware of unsafe practices or vulnerabilities, .
• Ensure your site has a designated sponsor/asset steward.
• Delete/decommission websites when they become inactive and/or are no longer of value.
• Update website access permissions accordingly when your web team members change roles, leave your department or leave the university.
• Use 黑料网爆吃瓜 usernames and passwords for authentication on 黑料网爆吃瓜 websites and systems (where possible).
  • If authentication is required on 黑料网爆吃瓜 websites, it should be performed using one of our preferred Single Sign On (SSO) methods, such as SAML, 听with 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 central identity provider.
• Limit data collection for analytics and user research to interactions around links, buttons and page elements only.
• If linking to information in a cloud service, adhere to instructions in 黑料网爆吃瓜's Cloud Directive which describes when and where you can process, transmit and store听黑料网爆吃瓜 data

Supporting resources

Related sites

How to create secure webforms

• Webform security: Protecting user data
• Webforms and security: Three things worth repeating

Privacy and security policies and guidelines

黑料网爆吃瓜 policies and guidelines site owners and managers should be aware of.

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