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NET303 Policy Primer
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Gmail is one of Google’s many products
What is Gmail?
According to Gmail....
Gmail is more than just email. “You can start a video call with a friend, ping a colleague and write an email – all without leaving your inbox.”
“It’s always available wherever you are, from any device - desktop, laptop, phone or tablet.”
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Who uses Gmail?
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Anyone can...As long as you are over 13 years old in Australia...
Who uses Gmail?
- Gmail has over 425 million users
It is being used by;
- government agencies in 45 states in the USA
- 66 of the top 100 universities in USA
- and 5 million businesses worldwide have “gone Google”
Reference: TechCrunch
Why would you use Gmail?
- It’s FREE and offers lots of storage!
- It helps you stay in touch with family and friends
- You can connect with Google Hangouts (video)
- You can access it anywhere on desktop, laptop, tablet and mobile
- It only takes a few minutes to set up
- 425 million other people have it... so, it must be OK! Right?
References Why Gmail,
How to create a Gmail account in 3 easy steps
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Fill out a form with a few standard details such as your name, date of birth and location.
Agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. As well as a Personalisation policy.
Upload a photo
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But... what did I just agree to?
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But... what did I just agree to?
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Google uses colloquial, friendly language to make you feel at ease through the sign up process.
But... what did I just agree to?
Reference https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/
Here are 6 “Policies and Principles”
under the microscope...
Google Policies and Principles
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1 Changes to their policiesGoogle changes their policies without contacting you to let you know.
The Privacy Policy has changed 13 times since 1999, on average this is once a year, so updates occur quite frequently.
It is your responsibility to check the terms regularly and understand the legal jargon because when they are updated you have automatically agreed to them.
Google Policies and Principles
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Google and the companies they work with
have permission to re-produce, display and
modify content you attach to emails and send
via Gmail.
This includes your personal photos,
confidential business documents and any
creative works! So, essentially you own the
Intellectual Property Rights, but they can
“borrow” it.
Whilst they don’t actively monitor all content, if
they deem any of your content illegal (e.g.
through keyword algorithmic searches) they
can remove it and refuse to display it.
Your content
Google Policies and Principles
Google can add and remove features and functionality of Gmail or discontinue the service altogether.
If they do, you could loose all of your personal contacts, emails and data and you can not hold Google responsible.
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3 Loosing all of your contacts and data
Google Policies and Principles
Google can terminate your account if they believe you are misusing their service. Misuse is not well defined, so therefore pretty subjective.
It can include;
- sending inappropriate content, such as material that is defamatory, abusive, fraudulent
- sharing intellectual property without the owner’s permission
- distributing spam
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4 Account termination
Google Policies and Principles
Your personal informationGoogle collects personal data on you such as such as your phone number, location and the content you like unless you go to their Policies page and “opt out of cookies”. This is hard to find to do and not promoted on their products.
They collect your data so they can advertise products and services that you are likely to be interested in. And because the ads are specifically targeted at you, they can charge a higher premium because you are more likely to be interested. So, your data is making them money!
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Google Policies and Principles
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6 Spam You can opt of some email communication from Gmail, but not everything. So, Google can send you emails about what ever they like, when ever they like.
Google Policies and Principles
The 5 million businesses that use Google services are responsible for ensuring their staff adhere to Google’s ever changing and complex policies.
If a business decides to take Google to court, they must pay for all Google’s legal expenses and financial loses. So, it is probably better not to go fight Google...
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7 Business use
Do you still want a Gmail account?
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References
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