Usage Rules and Privacy Policy
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[edit] General
The following rules and policy apply to BOINC. BOINC Powered Projects may have additional rules and policies.
Run the BOINC Client Software only on authorized computers.
Run BOINC only on computers that you own, or for which you have obtained the owner's written permission. Some companies and schools have policies that prohibit using their computers for BOINC Powered Projects.
[edit] How BOINC Will Use Your Computer
When you run BOINC on your computer, it will use part of the computer's CPU power, disk space, and network bandwidth. You can control how much of your resources are used by BOINC, and when it uses them.
[edit] Privacy Policy
To avoid computing while you're typing, The BOINC Client Software monitors mouse and keyboard and activity (it does not record keystrokes). This may trigger some anti-virus software.
Your account on a BOINC Powered Projects is identified by a name that you choose. This name may be shown on the Project's Web Site, along with a summary of the work your computer has done for the project and other BOINC Powered Projects. If you want to be anonymous, choose a name that doesn't reveal your identity.
If you participate in a BOINC Powered Projects, information about your computer (such as its processor type, amount of memory, etc.) will be recorded by the project and used to decide what type of work to assign to your computer. This information will also be shown on the project's web site. Nothing that reveals your computer's location (e.g. its domain name or network address) will be shown.
To participate in a BOINC Powered Projects, you must give an address where you receive email. This address will not be shown on the Project's Web Site or shared with organizations. The Project may send you periodic newsletters; however, you can choose not to be sent these at any time.
[edit] Is it safe to run BOINC?
Any time you download a program through the Internet you are taking a chance: the program might have dangerous errors, or the download server might have been hacked.
[edit] Liability
The BOINC Project and the University of California assume no liability for damage to your computer, loss of data, or any other event or condition that may occur as a result of participating in BOINC Powered Projects.
[edit] UCB Source
[edit] Copyright ©
- 2005 University of California
- 2005 Paul D. Buck
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
