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One final note: University Business magazine did a nice article on the pros and cons, as well as changes vendors have made in their contracts with Universities to satisfy FERPA and privacy concerns. Check out: http://www.universitybusiness.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=1111 for additional details. John A. Resotko Head of Systems Administration Michigan State University College of Law 208 Law College Building East Lansing, MI 48824-1300 email: [log in to unmask] Phone: 517-432-6836 Fax: 517-432-6861 Current Chairperson of the MSU Network Communications Community >>> Kim Geiger <[log in to unmask]> 4/24/2009 11:16 AM >>> Thank you very much for this succinct recap, Esther. Kim Geiger >>> On 4/24/2009 at 11:11 AM, "Esther V. V. Reed" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > For faculty/ staff, the issues were security (not guaranteed), privacy > (not guaranteed), FERPA (thus violated), management (MSU folks could not > do anything), backups (not guaranteed) and ownership (everything is > Google's). The big catch was Google's license essentially stated it > owned anything sent through its servers and could publish anything > however it wanted -- MSU would essentially be giving away ownership of > research material, and broadcasting material that is federally mandated > to be protected. MSU and Google are still working on these terms. > > The rule of thumb for anything Google (or any other non-MSU email / > application system) is only send or store things that you don't care if > they show up on the front page of CNN. Nothing private, confidential, > sensitive or protected should go there. > > Hope that helps! > > ~ Esther > > Esther V. V. Reed > IT Systems Administrator > MSU Graduate School > > -----Original Message----- > From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Kim Geiger > Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 10:57 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [MSUNAG] Google Mail > > Can somebody refresh my memory on why we decided not to move student > and/or faculty staff email accounts to Gmail under Google's education > offering? > > Somebody asked me, but I have only the vaguest recollection. Thanks.