FIRST: The Conditions and Controls:
1. The student is allowed to use the mobile phone (and other smart devices with cameras) superficially; which means (not directed towards others), in the case of need for communication or the need to browse an educational system such as Blackboard, academia and other educational systems).
2. It is strictly prohibited to take out the camera phone (and other smart devices with cameras) from the bag during or inside the following: the classrooms, labs, laboratories, theater, praying, library or any activity of extra-curricular.
3. It is strictly prohibited to record theoretical and practical lectures, as well as to play music or anything that might violate the academic environment.
4. It is strictly prohibited to point a camera mobile phone (and other smart devices with cameras) vertically towards other students inside the campus buildings, facilities and corridors especially in outdoor squares, restrooms, buffets, and toilets.
5. It is strictly prohibited to violate or to try to violate the privacy of the college, its female employees, its students and its visitors by filming them. This includes photographing the student herself or photographing another student even with her permission or not by using any kind of smartphone applications like Snapchat, WhatsApp.
SECOND: The Penalties for any Misuse (Violating the conditions No.2, No3, No.4, and No5)
* The student must hand over the mobile immediately (or the smart device with a camera) to the responsible security employee and then it will be handed over to the dean / vice-dean or chairwomen of the Student Affairs Committee regardless of whether the filming or photographing was done or not. After that, the student will be referred to the disciplinary committee of the College to take formal action, which may include suspension from the college. The smart device with a camera will be handed over to the guardian after the investigation.
* If necessary, the matter will be referred to the competent security and judicial authorities to take the necessary action as the case will be treated as an informational crime.
This policy helps in setting the conditions, principles and rules that must to be followed and must be committed to their requirements while preparing materials that will be displayed and published on the electronic website.
The policy includes the following:
First, general conditions and principles:
Second, posting rules of content texts:
Third, posting rules of images:
Forth, posting rules of links:
Fifth, Posting rules of English content:
Sixth, the content and easiness of search:
Seventh, posting rules of publishing:
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The General Administration of Cybersecurity at King Khalid University notes the necessity of obtaining prior official approval and permission from the designated authority before examining or performing any test for electronic services or network. If found otherwise, it is considered a violation of the laws and exposes whomever responsible to legal accountability.
According to the Saudi Cyber Crimes Law, note the following:
1- Intentional access to a computer, website, information system, or computer network that you are not authorized to access is considered a violation of the laws and exposes you to a penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding ten years and a fine not exceeding five million riyals, or one of these two penalties.
2- Eavesdropping on what is sent via the information network or a computer - without a valid legal justification - or capturing or intercepting it is considered a legal violation according to the Anti-Cybercrime Law and exposes you to a penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year and a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand riyals. Or one of these two penalties in accordance with the Anti-Cybercrime Law.
3- access (without proper legal justification) to personal, banking, credit data, or data related to the ownership of securities in order to obtain data, information, money, or the services they provide is considered a crime and exposes you to a penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding three years and a fine not exceeding two million riyals, or one of these two penalties.
4- Stopping the network, disabling it, destroying or recording the programs or data present or used in it or deleting, leaking, destroying, or modifying it is considered a violation and exposes you to a penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding four years and a fine not exceeding Three million riyals, or one of these two penalties in accordance with the Anti-Cybercrime Law.
5- illegal access to a website or service related to King Khalid University, to change the design of this website, damage it, modify it, occupy its address, impede access to the service, confuse it, or disable it by any means is considered a cybercrime and exposes you to imprisonment for a period not exceeding four years and a fine not exceeding three million riyals, or one of these two penalties in accordance with the Anti-Cybercrime Law.
6- Defaming others, and causing harm to them, through various means of information technology is a crime and exposes you to a penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year and a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand riyals, or one of these two penalties in accordance with the system for combating information crimes.
7- Legal or illegal access to King Khalid University systems to threaten or blackmail a person; To force him/her to do or abstain from doing an act, even if doing or abstaining from that act is lawful, it is considered a crime and exposes you to a penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year and a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand riyals, or one of these two penalties.
8- Infringing on private life by misusing data resulting from your legal or illegal access to university systems is considered a crime and exposes you to a penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year and a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand riyals, or one of these two penalties.
9- illegal access to the systems or websites of King Khalid University directly, or through the information network, or one of the computers to obtain data affecting the internal or external security of the state, or its national economy is considered a crime and exposes you to a penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding ten years and a fine not more than five million riyals, or one of these two penalties.
To contact the General Administration of Cybersecurity
Phone number: 0172416665
Email: Soc@kku.edu.sa
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To view the rules and regulations of faculty members’ attending and participating in scientific meetings (click here)
To view the rules, regulations and conditions for the King Khalid University Excellence Award nomination (click here)
To view the rules and regulations of academic leadership nominations (click here)
To view the rules and regulations of studies and tests for undergraduates (click here)
To view the unified rules and regulations of postgraduate studies (click here)