Google is often rebuked for not placing focus on the privacy of its users in certain cases, such as the recent eavesdropping reports about Google Assistant voice recordings. Well now, a former Google employee has taken to the Internet to claim that user data stored within some G Suite products, including Google Docs may not be completely secure and can be accessed by Google and law enforcement agencies.
Documents shared on G Suite are not end-to-end encrypted, which Shelton says could prove to be a hiccup in the long run. It allows not just Google to smooch user data, but open it up to law enforcement agencies (a court order, subpoena or search warrant) as well. The company could use the data to better its services – offering spam detection or data filtering, but Shelton says it’s against their policies.
