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Re: Gmail for students and IMAP
From: "James M. Dutcher - Assoc of IS/IT & CIO" <james.dutcher () SUNYORANGE EDU>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:27:43 +0000
Ummmm...I believe I mentioned that....you cut off my email after the "(but" in your reply Regardless if email is internally or externally hosted, it is always subject to inspection (both with/without permission). I know of a good many higher ed orgs where they host email internally AND the primary email sys admin habitually inspects their co-workers and managers emails.....and why do they do this....because they can.... Jim James M. Dutcher - Assoc.VP IS/IT & CIO - SUNY Orange -----Original Message----- From: John Kristoff <jtk () DEPAUL EDU> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:19:32 To: <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Gmail for students and IMAP On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:13:40AM -0400, James M. Dutcher - Assoc. VP IS/IT & CIO wrote:
Our Gmail setup is as such there is no advertising, hence no snooping (but
There is most certianly snooping going on, you should bank on that. This isn't the first R&E IT response that insinuates that because Google doesn't resell addresses, share with third parties and apply targetted advertising everything must be A-OK. Maybe, maybe not. Google uses all that email. They may not use it for direct advertising, but they use it. Search for: Google reserves the right, but shall have no obligation, to You'll find a few policies including one for Google Mail that applies to the student email outsourced to Google in my experience. Pay particular attention to where it says: "pre-screen, flag, filter, refuse, modify or move" You'll also find this: "Google maintains and processes your Gmail account and its contents to provide the Gmail service to you and to improve our services" Its automated and perhaps even innocuous taken one user at a time, but consider why Google and these other providers provide this service for free. Why would they do that? There are all sorts of ways to build a business around this flow of meta data and the email content that does not result in direct marketing and advertising. Should you worry? I don't know. You might be worried that someone at Google can potentially look at all this stuff. You might be worried that Google could get owned. You might be worried that policies and/or ownership could change without warning. You might just be paranoid. Should you use them anyway? Maybe, but I would recommend you give people an opt-out. I'd be curious if its written into your agreement that you can't do that. Can people say whether or not this is in their agreements? I've been told by two institutions you can't opt out of theirs so I'm curious if thats them being lazy, annoyed with me or if its part of the agreement. Finally you should realize that they are getting a much better deal than you are in the long run. They absolutely *love* that you're letting them do this for free. John
Current thread:
- Re: Gmail for students and IMAP, (continued)
- Re: Gmail for students and IMAP James M. Dutcher - Assoc of IS/IT & CIO (Jul 29)
- Re: Gmail for students and IMAP Tonkin, Derek K. (Jul 29)
- Re: Gmail for students and IMAP James M. Dutcher - Assoc of IS/IT & CIO (Jul 29)
- Re: Gmail for students and IMAP Zach Jansen (Jul 29)
- Re: Gmail for students and IMAP Morrow Long (Jul 29)
- Re: Gmail for students and IMAP Paul Keser (Jul 29)
- Re: Gmail for students and IMAP Cal Frye (Jul 29)
- Re: Gmail for students and IMAP James M. Dutcher - Assoc. VP IS/IT & CIO (Jul 29)
- Re: Gmail for students and IMAP James M. Dutcher - Assoc. VP IS/IT & CIO (Jul 29)
- Re: Gmail for students and IMAP John Kristoff (Jul 29)
- Re: Gmail for students and IMAP James M. Dutcher - Assoc of IS/IT & CIO (Jul 29)
- Re: Gmail for students and IMAP James M. Dutcher - Assoc of IS/IT & CIO (Jul 29)
- Re: Gmail for students and IMAP Mike Porter (Jul 29)
- Re: Gmail for students and IMAP James M. Dutcher - Assoc of IS/IT & CIO (Jul 29)
- Re: Gmail for students and IMAP Joel Rosenblatt (Jul 29)
- Re: Gmail for students and IMAP Cal Frye (Jul 29)
- Re: Gmail for students and IMAP Michael Sinatra (Jul 30)
- Re: Gmail for students and IMAP McClenon, Braden (Jul 30)
- Re: Gmail for students and IMAP McClenon, Braden (Jul 30)
- Re: Gmail for students and IMAP Joel Rosenblatt (Jul 30)
- Re: Gmail for students and IMAP Willis Marti (Jul 30)
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