Guest wifi use policy

Remaining connected to this service will be acceptance of consenting to the “policy”.

The Service is advertised as “NHS Wi-Fi”.

No expectation of privacy

By utilising Trust resources to access the internet and associated applications and services hosted on the internet the Trust reserves the right to inspect all traffic travelling through its network for the purposes of maintaining robust cyber security.

All activity is monitored with no expectation of privacy. Any monitoring data held could potentially be used to carry out a forensic investigation in relation to criminal or otherwise malicious activities against any individual utilising Trust resources.

Responsibilities of “Service” users

• Users are responsible for ensuring they are running up-to-date anti-virus software on their wireless devices.
• Users must be aware that, as they connect their devices to the internet through the Service, they could expose their devices to worms, viruses, Trojan horses, denial-of-service attacks, intrusions, packet-sniffing, and other abuses by third parties.
• Users must respect all copyrights. Downloading or sharing copyrighted materials is strictly prohibited.
• The running of programs, services, systems, processes, or servers by a single user or group of users that may substantially degrade network performance or accessibility will not be allowed. Connecting to “Peer to Peer” file sharing networks or downloading large files (>10GB), is also prohibited.
• Attempting to circumvent or subvert system or network security measures is prohibited.
• Creating or running programs that are designed to identify security loopholes, to decrypt intentionally secured data, or to gain unauthorized access to any system is prohibited.
• Saturating network or computer resources to the exclusion of another’s use, for example, by overloading the network with traffic such as emails or legitimate (file backup or archive) or malicious (denial of service attack) activity, is prohibited.
• Users understand that wireless internet access is inherently not secure, and users should adopt appropriate security measures when using the Service. We highly discourage users from conducting confidential transactions (such as online banking, credit card transactions, etc.) over any public wireless network, including this Service. Users are responsible for the security of their own devices.
• You are responsible for maintaining your personal confidentiality and all activities that occur from your device. TEWV offers the Service for activities such as the active use of email, instant messaging, browsing the World Wide Web and accessing corporate intranets. High volume data transfers, especially sustained high volume data transfers, are not permitted.
• Hosting a web server or any other server by use of our Service is prohibited.
• Trying to access someone else’s account, sending unsolicited bulk email, collection of other people’s personal data without their knowledge and interference with other network users are all prohibited.

Lawful use

• The Service may only be used for lawful purposes and in a manner which we believe to be consistent with the rights of other users.
• The Service shall not be used in a manner which would violate any law or infringe any copyright, trademark, trade secret, right of publicity, rights and freedoms of natural persons under UK GDPR, or any other right of any person or entity.
• The Service shall not be used for the purpose of accessing, transmitting, or storing material, which is considered obscene, libellous, or defamatory. Illegal acts may subject users to prosecution by law enforcement. We may cooperate with legal authorities and/or third parties in the investigation of any suspected or alleged crime or civil wrong. We may bring legal action to enjoin violations of this Policy and/or to collect damages, if any, caused by violations.
• TEWV reserves the right to suspend the Service if TEWV reasonably believes that your use of the Service is unreasonably excessive or you are using the Service for criminal or illegal activities.
• You do not have the right to resell this Service to a third party. TEWV reserves the right to revise, amend or modify these Terms and Conditions, our other policies and agreements, and aspects of the Service itself.

Limitations of wireless network access

• We are not liable for any damage, undesired resource usage, or detrimental effects that may occur to a user’s device and/or software while the user’s device is attached to the Service.
• The user is responsible for any actions taken from their device, whether intentional or unintentional, that damage or otherwise affect other devices or users of the Service.
• The user hereby releases the organisation from liability for any loss, damage, security infringement, or injury which the user may sustain as a result of being allowed access to the Service. The user agrees to be solely responsible for any such loss, infringement, damage, or injury.

Changes to service

We reserve the right to change the Service offered, the features of the Service offered, the terms of this Policy, or its system with immediate effect as and when desired by the Trust.

Terms of service

By connecting to this wireless network “NHS Wi-Fi” and navigating away from this page, the user agrees to comply with and to be legally bound by the terms of this Policy.