Google Apps Directory Sync Administration Guide - Manual (Page 11)

Chapter 2
Overview of Google Apps Directory Sync 11
Overview of Google Apps Directory Sync
Chapter 2
What Is Google Apps Directory Sync?
Google Apps Directory Sync (also called Directory Sync or GADS) is a utility that
automatically adds, modifies, and deletes your users, OUs, groups, shared
contacts, and calendar resources in Google Apps to match your LDAP directory
server. When you synchronize, Google Apps changes to match your LDAP
directory.
GADS runs on your LDAP server and updates Google Apps to match your LDAP
directory. Directory Sync never modifies your LDAP directory information.
Important Notice
Before you enable GADS for your organization, please keep a few things in mind:
If Google Profiles is enabled for your organization, the data synced from your
institution’s directory will be auto-populated into the Google Profile, which your
end user may then choose to publish publicly on the web. Your use of Google
Apps Directory Sync may in some cases override the user’s edits to their own
profile fields -- please communicate this to your end users if you have enabled
Google Profiles for your organization or if you do so in the future.
Customer acknowledges and agrees that Customer is solely responsible for
complying with all applicable laws and regulations in using Google Apps Directory
Sync, including the U.S. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974
(FERPA), Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the Children's Online
Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). To the extent that synced data includes
personally identifiable information from education records that are subject to
FERPA, Google will be considered a "School Official" (as that term is used in
FERPA and its implementing regulations) and will comply with FERPA.
How Directory Sync Works
This section discusses how GADS synchronizes your LDAP data into Google
Apps.