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Level B

 

Service contains risks and is suitable for some use cases. (Read more)

Service is not suitable for all use cases. Services may also collect and/or disclose information to third parties such as advertisers and business partners. Service provider may also unilaterally change the licensing, terms of usage or privacy settings. For example grading information and evaluation, research plans, development information, personal information (PII), financial information (e.g. business or other IPR) and information containing archiving responsibilities are not suitable for level C services. University's has no ability or legal mandate to manage the stored information in case of any problem situations. Such cases can be for example employers death or service provider's bankruptcy. Service provider can unilaterally change terms of service and privacy.

NB! Classifications in Cloud Guide pages concern only so-called consumer services, cloud services personally adopted by the user. The services adopted by the University (possibly with a separate agreement) may have different implementation and terms of use.

Twitter

http://twitter.com/

Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables users to send and read "tweets", which are text messages limited to 140 characters. Tweets can be read without registration but to send your own material registration is required.

Terms of Service & Privacy Policy

https://twitter.com/tos
https://twitter.com/privacy

Evaluation

Twitter Inc. enables message sending (tweets) privately or publicly and option to follow particular tweeters. Tweets can be read without registration.

Twitter can be used anonymously. Registration requires name, username, password and email. All additional information is totally optional. Ownership of the posted content remains user but Twitter reserves the right to use user content to its own purposes. Twitter may use content even after user account has been deactivated. This section applies also to private messages.

There has occurred some amount of successful attacks on twitter accounts lately.

Service gathers quite much information about the user (cookies, IP address etc.). Twitter enables opt-out possibility for many points and it also supports DNT (Do Not Track) qualities.

Twitter participates in Safe Harbor Program between US and EU.

+ Anonym usage enabled
+ Opt-out option for newsletters, tailored advertisements etc.
+ Ownership of the content remains to user
+ Changes in Terms of service or Privacy policy will be informed by an e-mail or Twitter update
+ Participant of Safe Harbor Program Framework

- Twitter reserves the right to use user content in large extent
- Twitter gathers quite much information about the user (cookies etc.)

Login

With registration or a Facebook account

Support

Support site (multilingual)
https://support.twitter.com/

Provider

Twitter, Inc.

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