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[Matthew W.]

Okay now I don't feel safe about this:

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Google provides such services in conjunction with or on behalf of your domain administrator. Your administrator will have access to your "studentemail"@bths.edu account information including your email. For more information, consult the Google Apps Privacy Notice or your domain administrator’s privacy policy, if one exists. Be careful about what information you choose to put into this account, and if you have multiple accounts with Google, keep an eye on the username that appears at the upper right of most Google services to help ensure that you’re using your intended account. Learn more

Anyone agree?

[Alanmp08]

Is it just me or anyone else have their student account upgraded to a full Google account? Well, "fuller," not completely full?

Google e-mailed me that my bths e-mail was upgraded to a "full" Google account. I can finally login to Google services with my bths.edu account. I heard that Google Apps for Education is going "full" now with accounts -- Except, services like Google Buzz and so on cannot be accessed by those users.

Anyone else with the e-mail from Google that they're account has been "officially upgraded" ?

Matthew W., on 14 December 2010 - 11:55 PM, said:

Okay now I don't feel safe about this:

Anyone agree?

Eh, the admin has rights, basically, I guess. Also, pertaining to the above, data that was private to the domain administrator can now be accessed by the student? That's what Google said.

[NickC]

Basically the domain operator (google) has the power to access student emails as they please. Of course this is limited to investigations only if necessary. If you are uncomfortable with this, send an email to AP Williams @ mwilliams@bths.edu or SGO Speaker Dania Sandfia at dsandfia@gmail.com to further discuss this issue in SGO and form some sort of policy in order to clarify this message to the student body.

[Ilya R.]

(As far as I know) Google Apps gives no way for the administration to look over your emails. Maybe it does in the enterprise accounts but as far as I know investigations are the only way that Google even allows that kind of access.

[Josh]

Ilya R., on 20 December 2010 - 05:50 PM, said:

(As far as I know) Google Apps gives no way for the administration to look over your emails. Maybe it does in the enterprise accounts but as far as I know investigations are the only way that Google even allows that kind of access.

Manual password change.

[benm2012]

Matthew W., on 14 December 2010 - 11:55 PM, said:

Okay now I don't feel safe about this:



Anyone agree?

Nothing out of the ordinary. If the school operated the email servers themselves, they would still have access to our data. The email address the school gives to you should only be used for school related purposes. If you want to ensure that school administrators aren't reading your emails, don't send emails to and from email addresses that the school provides.

[FORUM USER]

Do we keep our email accounts after we graduate?

[R. Asher]

FYI - At the school level, we do not have access to your email. I believe a subpoena would be required for Google to release your mail to anyone.

[Ilya R.]

Josh, on 20 December 2010 - 06:22 PM, said:

Manual password change.

You can't do that, you can only initiate a password reset.

[Josh]

Ilya R., on 21 December 2010 - 09:30 PM, said:

You can't do that, you can only initiate a password reset.

I can definitely do it with my Corporate Apps accounts. Is it different for Education accounts?

[azntechguy]

Matthew W., on 14 December 2010 - 11:55 PM, said:

Okay now I don't feel safe about this: Anyone agree?

I hope you already know that internet e-mail is insecure (by design) to begin with. Not much in the way of privacy especially when you consider that the contents of an e-mail is transmitted in plaintext from one server to another.

But the Department of Education DOES warn everybody - amidst the mound of fine print: "Users shall have no right to privacy..." Feel free to click on the link if you're interested in the context (it's pretty comprehensive).

Needless for me to say, play it safe!

Josh, on 25 December 2010 - 01:37 AM, said:

I can definitely do it with my Corporate Apps accounts. Is it different for Education accounts?

Probably. It's almost always safe to assume that the rules change when (underage) minors are involved.

Not to mention, could you just imagine the PR nightmare (and possible legal liability) when word gets out that some high ranking person in the Public Education system systematically broke into student e-mail accounts and read the contents?

[Josh]

azntechguy, on 31 December 2010 - 12:13 AM, said:

Probably. It's almost always safe to assume that the rules change when (underage) minors are involved.

Not to mention, could you just imagine the PR nightmare (and possible legal liability) when word gets out that some high ranking person in the Public Education system systematically broke into student e-mail accounts and read the contents?

I was refraining from saying this, but: I've seen password resets for Tech students (so has any student who has forgotten their password and went to get it reset), and the administrator just gives them a temporary password to log in with (which then forces them to change it).

I would love for someone to tell me otherwise, but as far as I know it is technologically able to get into a student's email by this method. Whether it is legal or within school/DOE protocol is an entirely different matter.