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matt-goto · 09-16-2021 07:54 AM

Hi-

I'm looking into HIPAA compliance for Google Drive's automated backup & syncing software. I see on https://workspace.google.com/terms/2015/1/hipaa_functionality.html that Google Drive is HIPAA compliant, but I don't see that the backup & syncing software is. Is this an oversight or is it actually HIPAA compliant?

If it isn't HIPAA compliant, does anybody have suggestions for a HIPAA compliant piece of software which backs up & syncs folders from a Windows computer to Google Drive?

Thanks in advance for your help!

--matt

Thanks!

stephengale

If you follow the instructions provided in this Support Document and are able to use Backup and Sync, then it would be HIPPA compliant. The account which you sign-in as must have 100% of the Additional Services AND the Additional Services without individual control disabled inorder to comply with the BAA and have that account fall under Google's HIPPA compliance.

Note that the "third party software" statement which says third party software is not covered by HIPPA does not apply to Google Drive for Desktop - this is a first party piece of software, developed by Google and not a third party.

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Is Google Drive's Backup & Sync program HIPAA compliant?