The School District of Somerset partners with Google Workspace for Education to provide quality online services for student learning.
Using their Google Workspace for Education accounts, students may access and use the associated “Core Services” offered by Google (described at https://workspace.google.com/intl/en/terms/user_features.html). Examples of those services include:
Gmail, Calendar, Classroom, Jamboard, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Contacts, Tasks, Groups for Business, Keep, Sites, Hangouts, Meet, Vault.
In addition, we also allow students to access certain other Google services with their Google Workspace for Education accounts. Specifically, your child may access “Additional Services” including the following:
Blogger, Bookmarks, Books, CS First, Earth, Groups, Managed Play, Maps, My Maps, Photos, Takeout, YouTube
Google provides documentation about the information it collects, as well as how it uses and discloses the information it collects from Google Workspace for Education accounts in its Google Workspace for Education Privacy Notice. You can read that notice online at https://workspace.google.com/terms/education_privacy.html.
What information does Google collect?
A Google Workspace for Education account is a Google Account created and managed by a school for use by students and educators. When creating this account, the school may provide Google with certain personal information about its students and educators, which includes a user’s name, email address, and password in most cases, but could also include secondary email, phone, and address if the school chooses to provide that information. Google may also collect personal information directly from users of Google Workspace for Education accounts, such as telephone number, profile photo or other information they add to a Google Workspace for Education account.
Google also collects information based on the use of our services. This includes:
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device information, such as the hardware model, operating system version, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information including phone number of the user;
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log information, including details of how a user used our service, device event information, and the user's Internet protocol (IP) address;
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location information, as determined by various technologies including IP address, GPS, and other sensors;
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unique application numbers, such as application version number; and
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cookies or similar technologies which are used to collect and store information about a browser or device, such as preferred language and other settings.
How does Google use this information?
In Google Workspace for Education Core Services, Google uses student personal information to provide, maintain, and protect the services. Google does not serve ads in the Core Services or use personal information collected in the Core Services for advertising purposes.
In Google Additional Services, Google uses the information collected from all Additional Services to provide, maintain, protect and improve them, to develop new ones, and to protect Google and its users. Google may also use this information to offer tailored content, such as more relevant search results. Google may combine personal information from one service with information, including personal information, from other Google services.
Does Google use student personal information for users in K-12 schools to target advertising?
No. For Google Workspace for Education users in primary and secondary (K-12) schools, Google does not use any personal information (or any information associated with a Google Workspace for Education Account) to target ads, whether in Core Services or in other Additional Services accessed while using a Google Workspace for Education account.
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