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"...if you say "we don't track activities of school students", what does that mean?" It means whatever Google explains it to mean. Google can either be vague a

"...if you say "we don't track activities of school students", what does that mean?" It means whatever Google explains it to mean. Google can either be vague about it, or they can be clear and informative. Google is the one collecting the data. Only they know what is captured and for what purpose. It's their responsibility to explain clearly what they track and record. All of the questions you pose are ones that Google can answer. I disagree that strict wording prevents the evolution of the software. It might prevent Google from mining user data in order to build a profile of user likes and behaviour. But I consider this type of data capture and analysis to be extend beyond the boundaries of simply improving a piece of software.

cromwellian 12y ago
Profiling student behavior in the classroom could in fact be used to improve software. Teachers often construct a profile of students. If you go to a parent teacher conference, the teacher will often present you with a dossier of boiled down things your child does well, things they do poorly, and how to improve, and this is often culled from examining classwork and homework. Giving a teacher a kind of dashboard based on profiling work habits, could be useful for both the teacher and the student. I think it is better to enumerate what you don't do, rather than enumerate only what you will do.