๐ฃ๐จ๐ฃ'๐ฆ ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐๐ In a Privacy Statement of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), the university stated that it provides access to its online services, including its official website (www.pup.edu.ph), apps (web, mobile, and desktop), social media channels, associated media, digital materials, online/electronic documentation, and University information (collectively referred to as "services") and that the services, its updates, enhancements, new features, and the addition of any new online service are subject to this privacy statement."
PUP allows you to access its online services and social media platforms which often require personal data. Last year, when online classes became a solution for almost all the countries in continuing their pursuit for education, the PUP webmail has been widely known, serving as a necessity for its students and employees to become a tool in this online set-up which uses Microsoft Office 365 as its platform service. But what happens to your data upon logging in? How far can you go with your PUP webmail?
๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก When creating an account, the first thing that the service provider asks is their client's personal information, including their name, age, birthday, contact number, and most of the time, their home address. The university stores such data to use for its services.
On the other hand, when logging in to other third parties or any other sites and apps that have been linked to services may not be covered by the University's statement, for they might have another privacy statement. But PUP does receive data from third parties, and be assured that the data collected is protected.
Your user account is used to sign in to services, and every transaction is recorded and maintained. When logging in to the third parties using your user account, the site will ask for your consent to access your data, which transmits your record to the University's system.
Your data is being used for the operation as a higher education institution (HEI) and distribution of the services of the University, deliverance of communication including informative communication and promotion of the University whether through Services or in third-party services supported by advertising (PUP, 2018).
๐ฃ๐จ๐ฃ ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐๐'๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐๐ Below are your third-party service providers in which you can use your user account, but is not limited to the following:
Facebook Google Analytics, Google Play Instagram Office 365 and Outlook OneDrive Twitter UserReport.com YouTube Notion GitHub Canva
Perhaps, you can always use your user account or your PUP webmail, whenever an email is needed regardless of its site. But always be mindful of your actions. Any negligence in sharing your data with untrusted sites can lead to cybercrime. Always remember these: Think before you click and click responsibly.
Source: https://www.pup.edu.ph/privacy/
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Written by: Maria Danica Esparrago
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