{
  "slug": "google-meet",
  "category": "video-calls",
  "name": "Google Meet",
  "description": "Google's video meeting service, part of Google Workspace, used in the browser and in mobile apps with screen sharing, captions and recording.",
  "website": "https://workspace.google.com/products/meet/",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [
    "android",
    "ios",
    "web"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "US",
    "name": "United States",
    "eyes": "Five Eyes",
    "eu": false,
    "gdpr": false,
    "cloud_act": "provider"
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "F",
  "score": 20,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Google Meet scores 20 out of 100 (grade F) on the video calls criteria. It partly meets independent audit, end-to-end encrypted and join without an account. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales and self-hostable. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/video-calls/google-meet/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/video-calls/google-meet/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Closed source."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://policies.google.com/privacy",
      "note": "Google collects activity data across its services and uses it for analytics and personalized ads."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://policies.google.com/privacy",
      "note": "Free for personal accounts and funded by Google's advertising business, which uses activity data across services."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://cloud.google.com/security/compliance/soc-3",
      "note": "Google Workspace, which includes Meet, has third-party SOC 2 audits. Only the SOC 3 summary report is public."
    },
    "transparency_report": {
      "title": "Transparency report",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "e2ee": {
      "title": "End-to-end encrypted",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://support.google.com/meet/answer/12387251",
      "note": "Meetings use cloud encryption by default; end-to-end or client-side encryption is optional and limited to some calls and accounts."
    },
    "no_account_needed": {
      "title": "Join without an account",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://support.google.com/meet/answer/9303069",
      "note": "Guests can ask to join without a Google account if someone in the meeting admits them; organizers need an account."
    },
    "self_hostable": {
      "title": "Self-hostable",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Hosted only."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": null,
    "observatory": null,
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [
      {
        "name": "Google Fonts",
        "host": "fonts.gstatic.com",
        "effect": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "Google Tag Manager",
        "host": "www.googletagmanager.com",
        "effect": "no"
      }
    ],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T06:38:23.532Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T06:56:31Z"
}