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From the article: > Google also won’t even use the data that moves through the platform or display ads in Classroom, either, in accordance with its new policy

From the article: > Google also won’t even use the data that moves through the platform or display ads in Classroom, either, in accordance with its new policy announced last week.

adrianlmm 12y ago
How can we be sure about that?
- prezjordan 12y ago
  I mean, I guess you can't unless you can a) see the source code yourself and b) deploy it yourself.
  - adrianlmm 12y ago
    and " won’t even use the data that moves through the platform or display ads in Classroom" Note the language, they say they won't use it for "ads in Classroom", but what about for other purposes?
    - lern_too_spel 12y ago
      Techcrunch said that, not Google. Google said http://www.google.com/edu/privacy.html http://www.google.com/edu/privacy.html, which addresses your scenario.
  - adrianlmm 12y ago
    They say they don't collect information for advertising purposes, that doesn't mean they don't collect the information for tracking purposes, it just a game of words they have there in the privacy statement.
    - lallysingh 12y ago
      Of they're not tracking for advertisement purposes, what would they be tracking for?
chestnut-tree 12y ago
That's still a bit too vague for me. What does it mean? That they won't use the content being created in the system in any way? Does it mean that when a student signs into Classroom with their Google account, Google won't track or record the sites, apps and pages they use? Does Google anonymise any data it captures? Or does it tie your activity to your account? When Google says "Google Apps for Education users own their data" does that mean I can remove all my history of activity and sites visited from Google's servers? I know lots of Hacker news readers consider this a complete non-issue, but I don't think these are unreasonable questions to ask of a company that has far greater oversight of people's online behaviour than anyone else.

From the article: > Google also won’t even use the data that moves through the platform or display ads in Classroom, either, in accordance with its new policy announced last week.

adrianlmm 12y ago

How can we be sure about that?

prezjordan 12y ago
I mean, I guess you can't unless you can a) see the source code yourself and b) deploy it yourself.
- adrianlmm 12y ago
  and " won’t even use the data that moves through the platform or display ads in Classroom" Note the language, they say they won't use it for "ads in Classroom", but what about for other purposes?
  - lern_too_spel 12y ago
    Techcrunch said that, not Google. Google said http://www.google.com/edu/privacy.html http://www.google.com/edu/privacy.html, which addresses your scenario.
- adrianlmm 12y ago
  They say they don't collect information for advertising purposes, that doesn't mean they don't collect the information for tracking purposes, it just a game of words they have there in the privacy statement.
  - lallysingh 12y ago
    Of they're not tracking for advertisement purposes, what would they be tracking for?

chestnut-tree 12y ago

That's still a bit too vague for me. What does it mean? That they won't use the content being created in the system in any way? Does it mean that when a student signs into Classroom with their Google account, Google won't track or record the sites, apps and pages they use? Does Google anonymise any data it captures? Or does it tie your activity to your account? When Google says "Google Apps for Education users own their data" does that mean I can remove all my history of activity and sites visited from Google's servers? I know lots of Hacker news readers consider this a complete non-issue, but I don't think these are unreasonable questions to ask of a company that has far greater oversight of people's online behaviour than anyone else.