G Suite vs Google apps
I’m often asked about the security of G Suite and how it affects data that’s stored with their service. In this video, I go through the between G Suite, the free Google account, and how you can avoid GDPR issues.
Transcript
man it's hot today it really is a
beautiful day didn't wanna be stuck in
the office doing another video so I come
to Amsterdam boss which is the Amsterdam
forest I mean the blossom Park it's not
quite blossoming but it's actually
really nice under the canopy this video
is going to be about G suite versus
Google Apps there's a difference between
the two and a lot of people are getting
confused as to what the difference is
this past week I've installed quite a
few G suite accounts for freelancers and
small businesses but one of the first
things that they asked me is how secure
this it's Google they're reading my
information well there's a yes and a no
answer to that and I'll go through it
very quickly Google Gmail calm with the
gmail account that you probably have is
free now they do read the metadata of
that account and the reason why they do
that is because Google's business is
serving ads with their search and so on
so they read the metadata to give you
better experience as they say when
you're surfing online and so on I don't
agree with it obviously but that's what
it is G suite however is the paid the
Google service now with the paid Google
service it's impossible for them to read
the information your information is
totally secure and no one could not have
access to it basically
so with G suite if you have a document
on GC whether it's a contact a document
an email or whatever that document
pretend it's a piece of paper gets
shredded into hundreds if not thousands
of pieces those pieces are then placed
onto servers around the world now Google
from what I understand has about two two
and a half million services it's insane
so each piece of your document is placed
on different server and that in turn is
encrypted
if anyone was able to access one of
those servers they can't get your data
because a is encrypted and B it's just
an itty-bitty part of your document so
the only person that can gain access to
that file is you Google can't Google IT
guys kind of no one can it's all
encrypted so the security part I really
wouldn't worry about on the G suite side
again
G suite is the paid and the service
agreement with a paid service and the
service agreement with the free service
are completely different if you're using
a free service you are the product hence
Google let's not talk about Facebook and
score but you are the product G suite is
the paid and there you're signing a
contract with Google about your security
your files and the security of your
files because all the information that
you put in your G suite especially if
you're a small business or freelancer is
client information now if you're based
in the EU you have to abide by the G DPR
rules also with your client so if you're
using your gmail.com account for
business you could see yourself in a bit
of a bother it's actually quite simple
but it's quite complicated in the sense
of what you're allowed to do what you're
not allowed to do but to actually fix it
it's actually quite simple
so again G suite is the paid version
Google Gmail comm is the free version I
mean now that I've installed I've
installed countless of G suite accounts
and forgetting the security part of it
hey wolf yeah forgetting a security part
of it the level of service you get with
a G suite account because you're paying
for it is so much higher with the normal
Google Apps account if you have a
problem you have to go to a forum etc
with the
gee sweet account you actually have a
telephone number in email address or
even online chat to fix any issues that
you have is you have any issues so we
won't go into that basically I just
wanted to talk to you about the
differences between G sweet and free
Google Apps so just get yourself a G
sweet account and you never have to
worry about anything anyway have a good
day I'm going to go and play with wolf
thank you have to go and play ball yes
ball have a great day and keep it simple
okay talk to you soon ciao bye bye