At Google Cloud, we are committed to providing public sector organizations around the globe with cloud technology that is highly flexible, scalable, and built with market-leading standards for data protection, sovereignty, and security. We understand that for public sector organizations in the European Union, confidence in data protection is not just a preference — it’s a prerequisite. 

Today, we’re excited to announce a major milestone that reinforces this commitment for Google Cloud.

Dutch government DPIA confirms strong privacy foundation for Google Cloud

We have successfully collaborated with SLM Rijk, the Dutch government's strategic vendor management agency, who completed their rigorous data protection impact assessment (DPIA) of Google Cloud. 

This engagement confirms Google Cloud’s strong commitment to strengthening trust in its privacy posture across the Dutch public sector. Given that all the key points raised during the DPIA have been successfully addressed (see SLM Rijk’s summary here), and that their DPIA concluded that there are no known high data protection risks when the recommended measures are implemented, the Dutch central public sector is now officially enabled to use Google Cloud with a clear path from a privacy-assessment perspective. 

Accordingly, we encourage Dutch central public sector prospects and customers to engage with us to learn more about Google Cloud. 

More broadly, we believe this outcome provides a strong foundation for public sector organisations across the Netherlands and beyond, to confidently evaluate and adopt Google Cloud, unlocking modernization and digital transformation securely.

This achievement builds upon our strong track record in the region, including the successful completion of the Dutch DPIA on Google Workspace. This previous success affirmed the safe use of Workspace across the Dutch public sector and educational institutions. Together, these assessments demonstrate Google's continued commitment to helping public sector organisations meet their privacy, security, and compliance requirements while benefiting from the innovation and scalability of Google Cloud.

Continued support for all customers on their compliance journeys

We welcome independent assessments that help strengthen trust, transparency, and accountability. The Dutch government's DPIA process represents an important example of constructive collaboration between public institutions, independent experts, and cloud providers to advance privacy protections.

Google Cloud remains committed to helping customers meet their compliance obligations while providing secure, transparent, and privacy-conscious cloud services.

We will continue investing in privacy-enhancing technologies, transparency initiatives, and customer controls to support organisations across Europe and around the world.

We know first-hand that conducting DPIAs can be a complex task, and we remain firmly committed to helping our customers navigate DPIAs with resources at our comprehensive DPIA Cloud Resource Center.