Re: Privacy and google's cache.

[Chris Garriss <chris_garriss () UNC EDU>]

It is possible, if you know the information exists, for the institution
to have offending information removed by Google.  In the case of HIPAA
and certain other information it can be done relatively quickly.  Your
"case" has to be supported by legal references to the best of my
remembrance.

Chris

On 28.10.2009 10:59  Pete Hickey spoke thusly:

> We just had an interesting case here.  Interesting with Ontario's law,
> at least.
>
> For those who are not very young, you will remember when student's
> privacy was not an issue.  Graduating classes would have their names
> and pictures on the wall, class lists posted everywhere..  When I taught,
> I used to post marks on my door, as did most other profs.
>
> Then came the net.  So people started posting marks on the net.  Some
> people did it from their personal (home) ISP account.  These would be
> left up for a while, then removed.
>
> But they were removed after google had sucked them up and cached them.
>
> Then privacy started becoming more of a concern and privacy laws were
> enacted.
>
> And people stopped doing that.
>
> But they stayed in google's cache.
>
> We have at least one issue of a 6 year old class list (names, marks)
> which is still in google's cache.  Fortunately in this case the
> proff is still around and still has the same ISP account.
>
> But think of the potential problems.
>
> How much and what does google have?  Not easy to search for something
> like that.
>
> How many profs have done this?  While full time proffs tend to use
> University resources, part time profs often used their own.
>
> The potential ugliness of having something similar when the former
> prof is dead, changed ISPs, left with very bad feelings, etc.  Getting
> something our of google's cache in that case could just be ubly.
>
> Note:  I'm not interested in the legality/liability of someone doing
> something that was legal, at the time.  I'm more interested in having
> the right thing done now.

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