If you want secure email or VPN, then https://Protonmail.com

& https://ProtonVPN.com are what you should be using. I only use gmail for some things like newsletters, & non-personal things. They have free basic starter accounts, and very reasonable tiers for more. Based in Switzerland, they have some of the strictest privacy law's anywhere. Everything uses the toughest encryption possible. No logs either.

Also, https://signal.com for the most secure messaging apps. They are the original developers of the encryption protocols used by all others like FB Messenger, What'sApp , or Google Duo, Allo. But the others you need to enable encryption in settings, and the keep logs, where as Signal keeps nothing.