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Privacy Evaluation for Gemini in Google Workspace for Education

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Applications and services with a Pass rating have met our minimum requirements for privacy and security practices. Before using an application or service with this rating, parents, teachers, schools, and districts are strongly advised to read the full privacy evaluation as a starting point for the process of vetting the application or service. In addition, a more detailed review should happen before any child or student data is shared with a product.

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Overview

Google Gemini is a generative AI tool that is a part of Google Workspace for Education. In Google Workspace for Education, Gemini is available as both a standalone generative AI chat product (gemini.google.com) as well as generative AI features that are integrated into other Workspace for Education products, like Google Docs and Google Classroom

Gemini in Google Workspace for Education earns the Common Sense Privacy Seal which means it meets all of Common Sense’s best practice rating criteria for privacy. When considering privacy, users should be aware that when interacting with Gemini embedded in other Google Workspace products, like Docs and Classroom, it may be possible for users to interact with other users outside of their environment and share content. The policies disclose that user interactions are turned off by default and cannot be enabled for users under 18. User interaction, sharing, and generative AI feature controls are available for administrators of Google Workspace for Education accounts. Account administrators have granular control on which features and products they enable for different types of users like students and parents.

The following 14 policies in effect as of the date of this evaluation, June 29th 2025, were used to evaluate Gemini in Google Workspace for Education: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14. This evaluation only considers policies that have been made publicly available prior to an individual using the application or service.

Rating

This product has earned a Common Sense Privacy Verified Seal. Seal recipients have agreed to participate in our most rigorous rating process, going through our 200+ rubric of privacy questions. They have agreed to: quarterly check-ups, updating their privacy policy at least once per year, and updating their privacy policy whenever a major change in their privacy practices occur. In addition, they have met with one of our privacy analysts and they use privacy best practices across the below 7 dimensions that consumers care about most.
  • Personal information is not sold or rented to third parties.
  • Personal information is not shared for third-party marketing.
  • Personalised advertising is not displayed.
  • Data are not collected by third-parties for their own purposes.
  • User's information is not used to track and target advertisements on other third-party websites or services.
  • Data profiles are not created and used for personalised advertisements.

This type of evaluation is a Quick Rating which is meant to help parents, educators, and consumers make quick decisions about privacy. Quick ratings can help answer one of the most important privacy questions about a product, which is whether the company is making money from your data. Quick ratings display a Pass, Warning, or Fail badge with icons for answers to each of the rating questions. However, a Quick rating does not display an Overall Score, or Evaluation Concerns, which requires one of our more comprehensive privacy evaluations to compare products for use in different contexts.

About Privacy Evaluations

The privacy evaluations have been designed with the help and support of a consortium of schools and districts across the United States. These evaluations are designed to help educators make informed decisions about the potential privacy implications of educational technology used to support teaching and learning.

Our core evaluation criteria will always be freely available. People are encouraged to read the questions we use and our information security primer. Vendors are encouraged to use our questions and the information security primer to self-evaluate. You can also learn more about our evaluation process. Please be in touch with any questions or feedback.