ATTENTION ALL UC STUDENTS!  

"The University of California is requiring all employees to comply with the cybersecurity mandate issued last year by the University of California Office of the President (UCOP). Deadlines vary across UC campuses, but all require compliance at some point within the coming weeks, before the end of spring 2025. This mandate requires that all University devices that connect to certain UC resources install a series of software packages (also referred to as “toolsets”). Crucially, depending on campus policies, this could include even personal devices not purchased with University funds. Failure to comply could entail denial of access to University resources and tools we need to do our jobs. Much depends on the variation in how campuses appear to interpret and implement UCOP’s mandate."

"We recognize the importance of digitally securing data for our students, patients, and scholarly data, especially given that UC has been subject to hacks and breaches of digital security. However, faculty on all campuses, along with local senates and faculty associations, the University Committee on Academic Computing and Communications (UCACC) and the UC-wide Senate have repeatedly raised grave concerns about the implementation timeline and the chosen software. Many questions remain around invasions of privacy and academic freedom, as well as the reliability, compatibility with research protocols, and spyware characteristics of the software." -UCR Faculty Association

We, the undersigned students and faculty of the University of California, demand the protection of our fundamental rights to privacy, freedom of speech, and academic freedom. The recent policy mandates proposed by UCOP represent a significant threat to these core tenets of our university. Any policy that compromises the privacy of one segment of our community, such as the faculty, sets a dangerous precedent for all, including students. We stand united to insist on the immediate delay and reconsideration of these policies. We further demand full transparency in the development of any and all policies that impact our academic community.

Stand together with our faculty to demand a delay and to demand transparency of these policies! FIGHT FOR OUR PRIVACY! FIGHT FOR OUR ACADEMIC FREEDOM! FIGHT FOR A BETTER FUTURE!

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