Compliance for education

Privacy and security are top of mind for education organizations whose work involves processing, storing, and protecting sensitive data like student information and research. Google Cloud protects your sensitive data and supports compliance with numerous requirements and industry standards including the FERPA (U.S.), HIPAA, and GDPR regulations, FedRAMP High and Moderate P-ATO requirements, PCI DSS best practices guidelines, and a completed Higher Education Cloud Vendor Assessment Tool (HECVAT).

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How Google Cloud enables your compliance

Security and privacy

Google Cloud is committed to protecting our customers’ privacy and security needs. Our data processing terms for Google Workspace and Google Cloud articulate how we help you meet your specific compliance requirements.

Student Privacy Pledge

Google has signed the Student Privacy Pledge introduced by the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) and the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA). For more information, visit the G Suite for Education Privacy & Security Center.

Contractual commitments

Google Cloud offers contractual commitments that are tailored to education and include audit rights for customers and regulators where required. For more information, contact your Google Cloud account representative.

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Google Cloud offers contractual commitments that are tailored to education through a NET+ Google Cloud pre-negotiated, custom contract designed to increase security and data protection for the academic enterprise. You can learn more here.

Encryption

We automatically encrypt your data both in transit outside of physical boundaries not controlled by Google and at rest by default and provide numerous ways for you to control your own encryption keys and data access.

Confidentiality

Data confidentiality is a priority at Google Cloud. Our products undergo regular third-party audits to ensure we maintain industry-leading certifications and protections.

Education impact

Brown University

Uses G Suite for Education to increase collaboration and expand learning opportunities.

Khan Academy

Improves educational content access using App Engine and easily handles usage surges with Google Cloud.

Fairfield County Schools

Google technology helped Fairfield County Schools make double-digit gains in state performance tests.

Classcraft

Reimagines the classroom to make learning fun—and accelerates growth as a Google for Education Build Partner.

University of Michigan’s TOPMed Team

Uses Compute Engine to catalog and store 150,000 whole genome sequences alongside clinical data about patient health, environments, and lifestyles, to enable insights into the diagnosis and treatment of disease.

Compliance offerings

Google Workspace and Google Cloud undergo several independent third-party audits on a regular basis to ensure that we can assist with your compliance journey. Here are some of the relevant standards, regulations, and certifications that we support or are certified against.

FERPA (U.S)

Higher Education Cloud Vendor Assessment Tool (HECVAT)

COPPA (U.S.)

HIPAA

PCI DSS

GDPR

SOC 2

FedRAMP

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