On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 10:24:59AM +0100, Mark Rogers wrote:
On 25/03/12 15:03, mick wrote:
Frankly, I find the idea of voluntarily synching any of my contacts/mail/calendar/whatever with a google "service" horrifying.
Why?
Don't get me wrong, plenty of people find this anything from "uncomfortable" to "horrifying", and no doubt with good reasons. However I've just not managed to find a good reason beyond "gut instinct" why I should care what Googles computers know about me, and my gut is wrong far too frequently to be trustworthy (I'd rather trust Google :-)
I agree with you to an extent but when a business is involved there are extra worries - e.g. how does this affect one's Data Protection responsibilities?
E.g. I don't think I'm supposed to let 'the world' know what someone has bought from me unless I ask them and they say it's alright. But if the E-Mails discussing and confirming the purchase are on GMail have I revealed the information illegally?
More relevant to our situation is that there is always going to be a certain amount of confidential information about people flowing back and forth in our E-Mails, this too should be protected by Data Protection.