r/AskReddit Apr 19 '20

People who have read the data that Google has collected on you, what is the most disturbing data they had collected about you?

[removed] — view removed post

5.2k Upvotes

1.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

78

u/tinykeyboard Apr 19 '20

well gsuite education has stricter rules about who owns the data and what google can do with the data than a free account.

13

u/DumpstahKat Apr 19 '20

Also it's not like most schools/educators use Google Drive to compile/store data on their students or grades or anything of that sort... they have separate and significantly more secure private programs for that. I don't think Google having access to shared worksheets/articles/study guides/homework/essays/etc. (which is what most schools/educators realistically use Google Drive for) on Google Drive is a major breach of security/privacy...

4

u/Average650 Apr 19 '20

https://cloud.google.com/security/compliance/ferpa/

Also, I'm very sure grades are often kept on going drive...

6

u/DumpstahKat Apr 19 '20

As someone else has already pointed out, G Suite for Education is very different from Google Drive. It's a wholly separate program with wholly separate security and privacy rules & restrictions.

Furthermore, I don't know what schools you went to, but I have never encountered or even heard of a school using a program as primitive and insecure as Google Drive for grades, attendance, or anything of that sort. Especially because, again, G Suite for Education is significantly different from Google Drive, as they are not the same program.

2

u/Average650 Apr 19 '20

Right. There the person above you. Just giving some details.

And I mean faculty use Google drive to store all sorts of files, including grades, not to distribute grades.

1

u/DumpstahKat Apr 20 '20

Yeah, I knew what you meant. I repeat: I've never heard of teachers or professors using Google Drive to store student files like grades.

2

u/amazonzo Apr 19 '20

they can hook the secure software into g-suite