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Canadian profs lose fight against G-Mail

CAUT Bulletin: Arbitrator Dismisses Google Grievance

Lakehead University Faculty Association contested the switch to Google’s e-mail in 2007, alleging violations of collective agreement rights to privacy and academic freedom.

In his decision, arbitrator Joseph Carrier acknowledged the university exposed its aca­demic staff to greater danger because “…the likelihood of such incursions by U.S. authority into a private e-mail system (Lakehead’s own former system) was marginal compared to what might occur in the presence of the Google system.”

Washington: 6,000 UW workers’ personal information at risk

Seattle Times: 6,000 UW workers’ personal information at risk

About 6,000 University of Washington employees were notified this week that their names and Social Security numbers were on a parking-management computer system that was hacked.