Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Google own student data? To put it simply, Google does not own your data. Google does not take a position on whether the data belongs to the institution signing up for Apps, or the individual user (that's between the two of you), but we know it doesn't belong to us. http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=60762
- Does Google use student data for advertising purposes? Google Apps for Education services do not collect or use student data for advertising purposes or create advertising profiles...Additionally, Google does not collect or use any information stored in Apps for Education users’ Google Drive or Docs (or Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Forms) for any advertising purposes. http://www.google.com/edu/privacy.html
- Does Google share student content with others? Google does not share or reveal private user content such as email or personal information with third parties except as required by law, on request by a user or system administrator, or to protect our systems. http://www.google.com/privacy/privacy-policy.html
- Does Google access student data? Google employees will access your account data only when an administrator from your domain grants Google employees explicit permission to do so for troubleshooting purposes. http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=60762
- Why is the district using Google Apps For Education? More than 30 million students, teachers, and administrators in schools around the world use Google Apps for Education. Many students will use these tools in college and in the workforce — 7 of the 8 Ivy League universities and 5 million businesses use Google Apps. http://goo.gl/oF6GAw
- How is Google connected with the district? Google will be considered a “School Official” (as that term is used in FERPA and its implementing regulations) and will comply with FERPA. http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/terms/education_terms.html
- What about security issues? Google Apps and our data centers are SSAE 16 / ISAE 3402 Type II SOC 2-audited1 and have achieved ISO 27001 certification2.
- 1SSAE 16 / ISAE 3402 is an auditing standard by which a third-party auditor evaluates the controls in place for physical and logical security, privacy, incident response, and more.
- 2ISO 27001 is an industry standard security evaluation certified by Ernst & Young CertifyPoint.
- Is Google Apps For Education secure? Google Apps uses https. http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=100181
- Google Apps Security White Paper
- Other sites Raymore-Peculiar School District reviewed and may be helpful to you regarding Google Apps for Education: