[NiloCK]

I'm an educator in a 'Google' school board. We use google products for all documentation, and it's given me pause to think that Google's ML algorithms will be combing through allegedly confidential documents. Is it appropriate for a 3rd grader's bathroom accidents to be documented 'in the cloud', subject to Google's massive profile-making engine? Google Apps for Education (or whatever the title) makes assurances against targeted advertising for students, but it's anyone's guess as to what happens with student account data after it's exported to a 'grownup' account at graduation.

It's unclear to me whether confidential communication respecting students using Google products meets our legal obligations, given that I'm in Canada and (as far as I know) Google doesn't have any data centers physically located in Canada...

[plussed_reader]

Their algorithmic crawlers go over everything you upload to your Drive, however their promise is that data does not flow to advertisers or people who do not have access to the document.

You can choose to believe that or not, but that's the rub.

[jammygit]

If its unclear, people need to speak up and promote alternative platforms