Your privacy聽is an important matter these days.聽You can make a difference!
Here are 5 tips to protect your privacy:
- You need to understand what data the app provider will access and what they can do with this data. Before you click 鈥淚 agree鈥�, read the terms & conditions. Watch the 鈥�Safely Use Cloud Apps鈥� video.聽
- Regularly review and adjust your privacy settings in the various apps that you use.
- Minimize the personal information you share online. Oversharing can lead to revealing unintended information about yourself resulting in a violation of your privacy.
- Not only protect your own privacy, but also that of your colleagues and friends. Don鈥檛 share their personal information without their consent.
- Only use 91滴滴 approved cloud apps to protect your privacy. Using an unapproved cloud app for your personal use is your decision but using an unapproved cloud app for 91滴滴 business is not!聽
The following list highlights some approved and unapproved apps frequently used at 91滴滴. For a more comprehensive list, see聽91滴滴 Approved / Rejected Cloud Services.听听听
| If used for Mcgill business |
Approved | Not vetted |
|---|---|---|
| File sharing | OneDrive for business | Drop box or Google Drive |
| Email & calendar | Use Office 365 (Outlook) | Slack or Gmail |
| Videoconferencing | MS Teams or Webex |
FaceTime, WhatsApp, Google Meet, Google Hangouts |
| Note taking | OneNote | Evernote |
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We know that policies and directives can be difficult to understand. We have worked on making the IT Policies easier to grasp and will continue to do so.
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