US university delays switch to Google’s online email and applications service after faculty and students express legal and security concerns
Prestigious US university Yale has postponed a plan to adopt web giant Google’s online email service after faculty and students expressed technology and legal concerns, according to the university’s daily news site.
Quoting the university’s computer science professor Michael Fischer, the Yale Daily News claims that some parties were concerned that Google’s policy of replicating data across its global data centre operations could cause legal difficulties for the university.
Fischer also reportedly believes that Google’s high profile makes it a more appealing target for hackers. Other concerns include Google’s carbon footprint and the risk of over reliance on a single supplier.
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