From: Ken Masters <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:40:52 +0400

Hi All

It's quite easy, actually.  There is no particular action, because it
includes EVERYTHING.

Given that the terms of use will include prevention of allowing
outsiders access, it simply means (for example)  that the client (you)
has the responsibility of ensuring that not a single one of your staff
and students ever shares a user name and password with anyone else,
never has their computers hacked with spyware, stolen, accessed
through wifi snoopers, etc., that your entire university database of
usernames and passwords is absolutely secure, and that, if any breach
occurs that allows an outsider to access the journal, then you'll find
yourself paying a fine or in court.  I mean, those are surely not
unreasonable demands (if you're working for Fort Knox or the CIA, that
is).

When you query that at the time of signing, you'll probably be told
not to worry too much about it, as those are just "fairly standard and
legal clauses" that "everyone signs." The rep will probably even crack
a silly joke about "you know how stuffy the lawyers are."  When the
breach occurs, however, you'll find out just how quickly that defence
vapourises, and just how expert those lawyers actually are.


Regards

Ken

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Dr. Ken Masters
Asst. Professor: Medical Informatics
Medical Education Unit
College of Medicine & Health Sciences
Sultan Qaboos University
Sultanate of Oman