To the campus community,
All UC Berkeley websites, those in the berkeley.edu domain and any website affiliated with the University, must comply with both campus and UC-systemwide policies.
Third-party “no-code” web hosting services are not suitable for UC Berkeley websites because they do not make it possible to comply with Privacy, Brand Protection, Security, Accessibility, and other applicable policies. Examples of these hosting services include Squarespace, Weebly, Wix, and Webflow.
UC Berkeley's Principles of Community include "embracing open and equitable access to opportunities for learning and development as our obligation and goal." Now more than ever, this commitment applies to our digital presence, which includes any website with a berkeley.edu hostname.
For more information on how to request a berkeley.edu hostname for your website, see Guidelines for Berkeley.edu Websites on the Technology website. For more information about what this change means for website access compliance on existing third-party sites, see Website Access Requirements on the Disability Access and Compliance website.
Sincerely,
Marc Fisher
Vice Chancellor, Administration
Jenn Stringer
Associate Vice Chancellor for IT and Chief Information Officer
This message was sent to all UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff.
If you are a manager who supervises UC Berkeley employees without email access, please circulate this information to all.
