Advancing education
with AI

Google Workspace for Education is built on our secure, reliable, industry-leading technology infrastructure. Users get the same level of security that Google uses to protect our own services, which are trusted by over a billion users around the world every day. While AI capabilities introduce new ways of interacting with our tools, our overarching privacy policies and practices help keep users and organizations in control of their data. In addition, all core Workspace tools – like Gmail, Google Calendar, and Classroom – meet rigorous local, national, and international compliance standards, including GDPR, FERPA, and COPPA. Chromebooks are designed with multiple layers of security to keep them safe from viruses and malware without any additional software required. Each time a Chromebook powers on, security is checked. And because they can be managed centrally, Chromebooks make it easy for school IT administrators to configure policies and settings, like enabling safe browsing or blocking malicious sites.

No. When using Google Workspace for Education Core Services, your customer data is not used to train or improve the underlying generative AI and LLMs that power Gemini, Search, and other systems outside of Google Workspace without permission. And prompts entered when interacting with tools like Gemini are not used without permission beyond the context of that specific user session.

Google takes the safety and security of its users very seriously, especially children. With technology as bold as AI, we believe it is imperative to be responsible from the start. That means designing our AI features and products with age-appropriate experiences and protections that are backed by research. And prior to launching any product, we conduct rigorous testing to ensure that our tools minimize potential harms, and work to ensure that a variety of perspectives are included to identify and mitigate unfair bias.

Across Google Cloud & Google Workspace, we’ve long shared robust privacy commitments that outline how we protect user data and prioritize privacy. AI doesn’t change these commitments - it actually reaffirms their importance. We are committed to preserving our customers’ privacy with our AI offerings and to supporting their compliance journey. Google Cloud has a long-standing commitment to GDPR compliance, and AI is no different in how we incorporate privacy-by-design and default from the beginning. We engage regularly with customers, regulators, policymakers, and other stakeholders as we evolve our offering to get their feedback for Edu AI offerings which process personal data.