HIPAA Business Associate Amendment for Google Workspace Customers - The Complete Guide

Quick and easy-to-follow guide for Google Workspace administrators

What is HIPAA

Under HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), certain information about a person’s health or health care services is classified as Protected Health Information (PHI).

Which Google Workspace services are compatible with HIPAA

Google offers a Business Associate Amendment that makes the following services HIPAA-compliant:

  • Gmail
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Drive (as well as Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Forms)
  • Google Hangouts (chat messaging feature only)
  • Google Chat
  • Google Meet
  • Google Keep
  • Google Cloud Search
  • Google Sites
  • Google Groups
  • Google Tasks
  • Google Voice (managed users)
  • Jamboard, Google Vault services
  • Google Cloud Identity

When you need to be HIPAA compliant

  • You need to know whether your company is subject to HIPAA requirements and whether you will use Google services in connection with PHI. If your organization handles health information, check with a legal professional.
  • If you have not signed the BAA as shown below, you must not use these Google services in connection with PHI.

HIPAA implementation guidelines

You may also wish to review Google’s HIPAA Implementation Guide at https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/gsuite_cloud_identity_hipaa_implementation_guide.pdf.

How to accept the business associate agreement for HIPAA compliance in Google Workspace step-by-step with images

Follow the steps below to review and accept the BAA in order to ensure HIPAA compliance.

Step 1

HIPAA Business Associate Amendment For Google Workspace Customers - Step 1

Go to the Admin console https://admin.google.com and click Account settings.

Step 2

HIPAA Business Associate Amendment For Google Workspace Customers - Step 2

Select Legal and compliance.

Step 3

HIPAA Business Associate Amendment For Google Workspace Customers - Step 3

Click Security and Privacy Additional Terms.

Under Google Workspace/Cloud Identity HIPAA Business Associate Amendment, click REVIEW AND ACCEPT.

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Data Processing Amendment (GDPR)

If the GDPR applies to Google’s processing of your data, it requires your contract with Google to contain specific data processing terms. Unless you accept the DPA 2.1 (or a later version), your contract will lack those terms.

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