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Technology Services
Web Policy
I. Website Uniformity Policy
Villanova Law School's website is an important communication medium and we encourage its use as a means of supporting and fulfilling the mission and official work of the law school. The website represents Villanova Law School to prospective students, alumni, the general public and the law school community. To that end its content and appearance should adhere to professional standards and present a unified message. All departments and organizations publishing information on the law school website are required to use the official website template for all pages within the site. The template identifies information published on the website as official, allows for more efficient updating, and ensures that users are able to navigate the entire website from every page within the site.
Staff and faculty personal web pages as discussed in section III are not required to use the official website template.
II. Web Server Access Policy
The Law School website is a critical source of information about our institution for those inside and outside of the Law School. It is thus of paramount importance for the law school to create and maintain a website that appropriately presents the law school to its Internet audience. The information contained and made available on the website must be timely, accurate, and informative and thus cannot be subject to unnecessary risk.
Direct write access to the web server increases many avoidable risks, such as the loss and corruption of information, interference with formatting, destruction of essential information, public disclosure of private information, proliferation of virus infections, intrusion upon security, and loss of availability of the site to users. It is vital, therefore, that write access to the web server be controlled in such manner as to guarantee the proper functioning of the site for the benefit of all.
Write access to the law school web server will be granted to an extent that ensures the fullest integrity of all information presented on the law school website, the maximum security of the web server, and the privacy of personal information. Directors (or their designee) with department or office web pages will be granted direct write access to specific files on the law school web server only when it is deemed critical to the functioning of the specific office and all other options have been considered. Directors should designate write access to the web server with the utmost prudence and consideration since such designee has the ability to directly create, modify or delete any files in which access is granted. Direct write access to the web server allows world-wide publication of information in real time and will be granted only to those who fully understand and appreciate the implications of such access.
Unless other arrangements have been made with the Webmaster, departments or offices with pages on the law school web site are expected to update their web pages "offline" and to email the modified web page to the Webmaster. The Webmaster will be responsible for placing the modified web page on the web server in a timely manner. The Webmaster may also create the ability for certain offices to update their website content via a database interface.
The phrase "write access to the law school web server" as used in this policy means the ability to create, delete, or modify law school web pages and web content that exists on the law school web server other than content of personal web pages.
III. Personal Web Page Policy
- Faculty and Staff Web Pages
Individual members of the law school faculty and staff are encouraged to use law school server space for the publication of pages with information pertinent to their role and responsibility at the law school, recognizing that the role and responsibility of a law school employee includes service to the legal profession. Personal web pages should not, however, be used for personal business, non-law school related professional activities (e.g., consulting services), or advertising.
Personal web pages or web pages expressing personal opinions are the sole responsibility of the author and must include the name and email address of the author and the following disclaimer: "The views and opinions expressed on this page are strictly those of the author and not necessarily those of Villanova Law School or Villanova University."
- Student Web Pages
Students are permitted to use the web server space made available by the applicable computing services departments of the University other than the Law School for personal web pages. Students are required to comply with University policies and any and all applicable law school policies.
IV. Website Content and Use Policy
The law school reserves the right to remove any web page, official or unofficial, if it interferes with the performance of a law school server or results in unacceptable cost or burden to law school resources. The law school reserves the right to effect such removal without prior notice, although notice will be provided in a timely manner after removal. The law school reserves the right to remove any page that violates federal, state, or local law, that violates this policy or any University policy, that contains inappropriate content, or that is a result of improper use.
It is deemed improper use to access or attempt to access information that belongs to another user or for which no authorization has been granted, to make or attempt to make unauthorized changes to information on the law school website, or to take any action intended to jeopardize or compromise any aspect of the law school website. The law school reserves the right to terminate web server access privileges and individual user accounts of those found engaged in improper use of law school resources.
V. Online Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting the Villanova University School of Law website. Your privacy is very important to us. Simply stated, our policy is to collect no personal information about you when you visit our website unless you affirmatively choose to make such information available to us.
As with any website on the Internet, when you visit the law school website, our web server automatically logs standard access information about your Internet domain, the files you request on our server, and the Internet address of the website from which you came. This information does not result in the identification of your personal e-mail address or other personal information. Information from the server access logs is used only to maintain the security and performance of the law school's network and to help manage our website and improve service. Villanova University School of Law does not share web server access information with any other organization and does not use cookie technology or any other concealed data collection methods.
If you choose to share personal information with us - by sending us a message or filling out an electronic form with personal information - we will use the information only for the purposes you request or authorize. We will not disclose the information to government agencies or other third parties, unless required to do so by state or federal law.
Villanova Law School's website provides links to external sites and resources. We do not control these sites and resources, do not endorse them, and are not responsible for their availability, content, or delivery of services. In particular, external sites are not bound by the law school's online privacy policy; they may have their own policies or none at all.
If you have other questions about our privacy policies, or have ideas about improving our policies, please feel free to e-mail us at webmaster@law.villanova.edu or reach us by telephone at 610-519-7216.
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