Can a subscriber use his or her University issued digital IDs for non-state activities?
The same laws that apply to the use of state property for personal purposes apply to digital certificates. This means that generally, a digital signature issued by System Administration or a component institution in connection with an employee’s duties should be used only for work-related tasks. Incidental personal use that does not result in charges to the State is not considered to be a misuse of State property. • If use of a digital ID is limited to state activities, what constitutes a state activity? Answer: Other laws unrelated to the use of digital signatures determine what is within the scope of one’s employment and thus a state activity. It is considered beyond the scope of this Report to outline what is and is not a state activity. • Can a subscriber execute a digital signature using their University issued private key on personal documents? Note that their University digital IDs will often be used on subscribers’ privately owned computers. An example of such usage is for dist
