[ww-devel] Fwd: [rt.webwork.maa.org #9598] Question Regarding My Webwork HW, including my entire name and college being posted to the internet without my permission

Arnold Pizer apizer at math.rochester.edu
Sat Feb 8 22:19:31 EST 2020


Hi,

I assume when the new server was set up, cron jobs to remove temporary
files were not set up.  See
 "Using Cron Jobs to remove temporary files" in
http://webwork.maa.org/wiki/Clean_Out_Temporary_Files

Arnie

On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 11:45 AM mgage <gage at math.rochester.edu> wrote:

> Hi Michael,
>
> Who is keeping track of notices like the one below at MAA? In my opinion
> this is part of customer service.  Were you aware of the notice?
> This message at least deserves investigation and a response.
>
> Longer term issue, you were going to send me a link to who ever at MAA is
> overseeing customer
> relations vis-a-vis webwork hosting so that we can start coordinating the
> handling of issues such as this one.
>
>
>
> Take care,
>
> Mike
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: "NAME REMOVED via RT" 
> Subject: [rt.webwork.maa.org #9598] Question Regarding My Webwork HW, including my entire name and college being posted to the internet without my permission 
> Date: February 5, 2020 at 11:18:17 PM EST
> Reply-To: "rt@webwork.maa.org" 
> 
> 
> Wed Feb 05 23:18:16 2020: Request 9598 was acted upon.
> Transaction: Ticket created by EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED
>       Queue: General
>     Subject: Question Regarding My Webwork HW, including my entire name and college being posted to the internet without my permission
>       Owner: Nobody
>  Requestors: EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED
>      Status: new
> Ticket 
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> TEXT DELETED I was on google and shocked that Webwork homework assignments I saved to my personal computer appeared in a PUBLIC google search.  I am flabbergasted and I have no idea how to remove them.  TEXT REMOVED What can be done to remove them from Google?
> 
> Thank you,
> NAME REMOVED
> 
>
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