Public Charts & Private Tables

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Please, I would like to have my Charts to be Public (visible on the Web) and at 
the same time my data Tables of these charts to be Private (protected). I just 
wan to protect my work.

At this time the Fusion Tables' URL can be retrieved from the source code of 
the embedded chart webpage. ~
Then, the Tables data is shown and it can easily be copied by the third party 
(anybody on the Web). - This is my real concern!

Without any permission required, other Fusion Tables Charts can also be created 
based on the original data. They can be published with their own links else 
where by the third party with no respect to the data owner and potential 
data-related business losses.

Please help me with this issue.
Thank you.

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Original issue reported on code.google.com by ivan.meu...@gmail.com on 24 Nov 2014 at 8:03

[GoogleCodeExporter]

You can prevent people from downloading the contents of your table by clicking 
the table title to bring up the "Table information" dialog, then unchecking the 
"Allow downloads" checkbox. They will still be able to page through the data, 
just not get it all at once.

If you want your data to be completely private but still shown on charts for 
specific people, you can use the Fusion Tables API to fetch the data only for 
those logged in with  Google accounts you have shared the table with.

If you want anyone to see the charts but not the underlying data, there's no 
way to do that; anyone can use browser tools to see the data that's being used 
to draw the charts.

Original comment by rmcch...@google.com on 24 Nov 2014 at 8:20

• Changed state: Not-Feasible

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Thank you for your reply,
This unchecked "Allow downloads" checkbox just slows down the copying process.

The Google Spreadsheets do allow the data of the spreadsheet table to be 
Private and at the same time its Chart to be Public. 

Am I mistaking on this? I published the Chart only, the Spreadsheet is still 
hidden and protected from unauthorized user.

Similar to this feature would be nice to have in Fusion Tables as well.
Please correct me if I am wrong.

Original comment by ivan.meu...@gmail.com on 24 Nov 2014 at 8:58

[GoogleCodeExporter]

If you publish a chart from a private spreadsheet, viewers must be logged in 
and have the appropriate permissions to see the chart. Try viewing a chart from 
an incognito or private browsing window to see what I mean.

Original comment by rmcch...@google.com on 24 Nov 2014 at 9:23

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Yea, the maximum what I can do is to hide the spreadsheet with data.
The chart and the spreadsheet is published and "Anyone can view them".
However, it looks like this hidden spreadsheet is not accessible by the third 
party and it can not be opened by them. 
Is it?
Thank you

Original comment by ivan.meu...@gmail.com on 24 Nov 2014 at 9:56

[GoogleCodeExporter]

"Anyone with the link can view" means the spreadsheet is not protected. If you 
get the link you can see the spreadsheet. I would suggest that if your table is 
of such high value that you don't want anyone to get near it, your best bet 
would be to create an image of the chart and publish that. Then there's no 
trace of the original data. In any case we don't have any plans to change this 
with respect to Fusion Tables.

Original comment by rmcch...@google.com on 24 Nov 2014 at 10:06