Gmail Is Not a Secure Way to Send Sensitive Comms: A Friendly Reminder

This article reviews Google Workspace Gmail's newly introduced optional end-to-end encryption, clarifying that E2EE must be enabled by administrators and can use customer-managed keys to prevent Google from accessing message bodies. It stresses that E2EE is not a panacea—enterprises should layer protections (encryption gateways, DLP, identity verification) and maintain strong user awareness against phishing and BEC, and should avoid sending highly sensitive information over email or via personal Gmail accounts.