Compliance for government and public sector

Government and public sector organizations manage data across disparate sources and modalities. Google Cloud Platform’s and Google Workspace’s world-class security capabilities can help you meet your organization’s technical needs. And our certifications, technical capabilities, guidance documents, and legal commitments support your compliance.
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Security & privacy
Google Cloud is committed to protecting our customers’ privacy and security needs. Our data processing terms for Google Workspace and GCP articulate how we help you meet your specific compliance requirements.
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.
Data storage
Google Cloud services are available in multiple locations worldwide. For select services and for data at rest, choose which facilities best meet your specific latency, availability, and durability requirements.
Incident notification
Google’s industry-leading data security practices specify a rigorous process for dealing with any incident that might impact your data’s confidentiality, integrity, or availability.
Portability
Depending on the service, your organization can securely download a copy of its data from Google Workspace or Google Cloud.
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.
Our customers
Compliance offerings
Google Workspace and GCP 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.







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