>>No. Google doesn’t assume ownership of any customer data in Google Apps for Education core services, and it says so in our contracts (under “Intellectual Property”).<<
The policy keeps saying things like:
>"Google Apps for Education services don't collect or use student data for advertising purposes or to create ads profiles."
Just make me wonder, well if they're only promising not to use it for advertising purposes then what use are they making of it; why isn't it just "will not use student data for any purposes without express and explicit permission"?
They choose not to do this, arguably because they know what sort of reactions that list would evoke.
> Google Apps for Education services don't collect or use student data for advertising purposes or to create ads profiles.
Which leaves a lot of possible other uses on the table.
No it's simply a long play by Google today Microsoft almost has a monopoly in the workplace because of Microsoft office and windows and how people are used to it when they join the workforce.
Later as more people join the workforce having used Google app more corporations will be will to move to it as the cost of retraining will be less.
If Google let's students use Google apps without mining their data today they can mine it later when they are not students and join the workforce as adults. And anyway they are selling Google services to recover the costs.