Embedded Files
Privacy
Privacy
Google does not own our data. All data is the property of MacEwan University and/or you, the end user. Our contract with Google will have no impact on the intellectual property rights, custody, or control of faculty, staff, and student data.
MacEwan University will treat your data as both private and confidential and will not examine your information without just cause or due process (e.g. a disciplinary or criminal investigation), nor disclose that information to a third party unless the disclosure is authorized under Alberta’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP Act) or any other provincial or federal law.
You will continue to be responsible for how you use and share confidential information (including personal information) in accordance with the university’s Terms and Conditions.
Security and Online Safety
Security and Online Safety
Although Google is already using technology and practices to ensure stored data is safe, no one can completely guarantee privacy within an online system because:
- Sent emails with confidential data can be forwarded to someone else without you being aware
- Users can be tricked into giving away their passwords, allowing unlawful access.
- Malware infecting a user’s computer could provide access to local and remote systems
- Computers/mobile devices may be lost or stolen with no password protection
What can you do?
What can you do?
- Use strong passwords
- Protect your password
- Password protect your computer and mobile devices
- Do not send sensitive or personal data through email
For more tips and resources, visit MacEwan University’s Information Security site.
Data Storage
Data Storage
Your data may reside in multiple foreign jurisdictions and will be subject to the laws of those jurisdictions including, in the United States, the Patriot Act. Google maintains multiple copies of our data in different locations to mitigate against local system failures and IT security risks (http://goo.gl/7o1PTx).
Logins and Passwords
Logins and Passwords
Authentications will continue to be done through MacEwan University servers. Login information will not be sent to Google if you access Gmail or other Google Apps through your web browser. This does not apply if you use a third party mobile or desktop app (Example: Mail client connecting through IMAP/POP).
Advertising
Advertising
There will be no advertising or data mining for faculty, staff, and student accounts.
Report abuse