Re: Yale switching to Google Apps / Gmail

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: John Adams <jadams01 () sprynet com>
Date: February 11, 2010 9:51:11 AM EST
To: dave () farber net, ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
Cc: Gene Spafford <spaf () cerias purdue edu>
Subject: Re: [IP] Yale switching to Google Apps / Gmail
Reply-To: John Adams <jadams01 () sprynet com>

-----Original Message-----
> From: Gene Spafford <spaf () cerias purdue edu>

> If, 4 or 5 years from now, there is a change in terms -- for example, a large charge in fees, or claiming they will 
> use all email for behavioral tracking

Where in their terms of service does it specifically state they aren't? It's well-known that Google does business by 
studying the data to which they make no claim of ownership. That's how they provide their service, and such use is 
specifically allowed. Who could claim they didn't know that when they signed the contract?

You don't have to sell details of individual behavior to provide information about how a group operates. The analysis 
can be more valuable than the detail.

Most of the other stuff relating to legal but inappropriate uses is paranoia and overliteralism, in my opinion, but 
this goes to the heart of Google's business.

Thanks,

     John A
     http://www.arkansawyer.com/wordpress/




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