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Re: Google announces privacy changes, no opt out for users


From: Jesse Thompson <jesse.thompson () DOIT WISC EDU>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:56:48 -0600

I don't see any indication that the changes to the generic policy are trumped by the edu-apps policy. But, I'm no lawyer.

http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/edu/privacy.html

Jesse

On 1/26/12 11:08 AM, Joel Rosenblatt wrote:
I asked the question also and was told (not by google) that this only
applies to their consumer apps, not core Google Apps for Edu

Have you contacted google to confirm this?

Joel

--On Wednesday, January 25, 2012 12:56 PM -0500 Morrow Long
<morrow.long () YALE EDU> wrote:

Read it & trying to determine what this means for Yale.

We outsource many of our studen

Sent from my iPhonet email accts to Google now (though our branded
gmail does not have Google targeted ads shown alongside the messages).

Morrow

On Jan 25, 2012, at 10:44 AM, Nicole Kegler <nk278 () georgetown edu> wrote:

Has anyone read this article about the privacy changes being
implemented by Google starting March 1? What are your thoughts?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/google-tracks-consumers-across-products-users-cant-opt-out/2012/01/24/gIQArgJHOQ_story.html?hpid=z3


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