What's the google device policy iphone?

2.4K    Asked by ankur_3579 in Cyber Security , Asked on Feb 9, 2022

 I'd like to configure my company's Google email on my iPhone, however when enabling e-mail profile in Inbox, Gmail, Mail or any other app, the following Device Policy Alert is shown: To use Google apps on this device as ..., your organisation requires that you install a security profile to keep your data safe.


And on the next screen the Google Apps Device Policy Profile says:

Your admin may enforce policies, configure settings, and remotely erase data on this device.

I would argue how allowing remotely erase data on this device keeps my data safe, but anyway.


My question is, what are the security risks involved by installing the above Google policy profile which warns me that somebody from the company which I work for can remotely erase my personal data on my device?


In other words, is this policy profile applied only for the email data (like restricting the removal option only for specific apps) or any other data as well (like personal emails, contacts, files, pictures, etc.), where somebody can accidentally wipe out my whole device?


Answered by ananya Pawar

The short answer to your question of google device policy iphone is "Yes". If the phone given to you is a "company phone", you must comply. If this is your phone, as the message mentioned, you must contact your company IT to check out the actual policy enforced. This is something internal, there is no way to tell how far the policy is enforced. Since mobile phones are cheap nowadays, I suggest you get another phone for such "company usage". You don't need an active phone service for that phone, you can tether your current phone as a WIFI access point to that phone to download email from time to time.



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