Broken links in General Rules of Conduct during account creation

Broken links in General Rules of Conduct during account creation

Description

A user has reported that several links in the General Rules of Conduct (displayed during account creation) are broken or outdated. This impacts usability and prevents users from accessing important policy documents.

Affected Links (Broken)

• Community Norms
  http://best-practices.dataverse.org/harvard-policies/community-norms.html

• Privacy Policy
  http://best-practices.dataverse.org/harvard-policies/harvard-privacy-policy.html

• Data-PASS Terms of Use
  http://www.murray.harvard.edu/files/murray/datapass-murray.pdf

• Dataverse API Terms of Use
  http://best-practices.dataverse.org/harvard-policies/harvard-api-tou.html

Suggested Fix (Working Links)

• Community Norms
  https://dataverse.org/best-practices/dataverse-community-norms

• Privacy Policy
  https://support.dataverse.harvard.edu/harvard-dataverse-privacy-policy

• Data-PASS Terms of Use
  https://www.murray.harvard.edu/policies

• Dataverse API Terms of Use
  https://support.dataverse.harvard.edu/harvard-dataverse-api-terms-use

Recommended Action

Update the General Rules of Conduct (as shown during account creation) to use the correct, up-to-date URLs listed above.

Reporter

• Name: Athene (R.A.F.) Guanipa
• Affiliation: University of Amsterdam (UvA)
• Student Number: 14326272

Additional Context

The user noted that while some documents are still accessible via newer URLs, the outdated links in the onboarding process create confusion and reduce usability.