Alberta Privacy Commissioner Frank Work has granted approval to the University of Alberta to use Google's Gmail service.
Alberta Privacy Commish Approves U of A Switch to Gmail
April 13, 2010
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not approval, just acceptance
The privacy commissioner doesn’t approve things, rather he has accepted the use of Gmail at U of A. Basically he’s accepted that the U of A has done due diligence.
Good news.
Beats AO-hell by a longshot!