PROTECT DATA PRIVACY IN GOOGLE WORKSPACE FOR EDUCATION
GDPR Compliance for Google Workspace for Education
Know where student and staff data lives. Control who can access it. Prove compliance when it matters.
GAT Labs helps schools audit, control, and evidence GDPR compliance across their entire Google Workspace for Education environment.
All without copying or storing sensitive file or email content.
Where GDPR Risks Hide in Google Workspace for Education
Most schools use Google Workspace correctly, but still lack full visibility and control over personal data.
If your school allows children to access the Internet, you must monitor their access to inappropriate content on all school computers.
Common risk areas include:
- Personal data spread across Drive, Gmail, and shared folders over many years
- File permissions and external sharing that change over time.
- Powerful admin actions that are difficult to audit after the fact.
- Limited, fragmented reporting when compliance evidence is required.
GDPR is not only about intent or policy.
It is about being able to demonstrate control and accountability at any moment.
What GDPR Expects Schools to Be Able to Demonstrate
Under GDPR, schools must be able to show that they:
- Know what personal data they hold and where it is stored.
- Control and restrict access to personal data.
- Detect and respond to data exposure and risky behaviour.
- Maintain transparent records of administrative actions.
- Provide clear evidence during audits, investigations, or incidents.
For many schools, these requirements become difficult to manage as domains grow and data accumulates.
How GAT Labs Supports GDPR Compliance in Education
GAT Labs is built specifically for Google Workspace for Education and maps directly to GDPR operational requirements.
Visibility and Data Mapping
Audit personal data across Drive, Gmail, and user activity.
Identify external sharing, excessive permissions, and risky access patterns across the entire domain.
Access Control and Risk Prevention
Monitor sensitive activity in real time across Google Apps and Chrome browsers.
Detect behaviour that could expose personal data before it becomes an incident.
Evidence and Reporting
Generate scheduled, GDPR focused reports on data exposure, access levels, and admin activity.
Maintain immutable logs to support audits and demonstrate accountability.
Governance and Accountability
Protect high-risk admin actions using a multi-party approval system.
Ensure that sensitive changes require authorization and are fully traceable.
GAT LABS FEATURES
Ultimate Personal Data Management & Auditing
Provides visibility and auditing across personal data stored in the Google Workspace domain.
Helps schools identify data exposure risks, monitor permissions, and generate compliance reports.
Protects exceptional admin actions using a multi-party approval process.
Ensures that sensitive actions such as access changes or ownership transfers are authorized, logged, and accountable.
Monitors online activity on Chrome browsers and Chromebooks in real time.
Detects unsafe actions, sensitive data exposure, and risky behaviour that could lead to data loss.
Each GAT Labs’ product supports a specific GDPR requirement while maintaining strict access controls.
Does the GDPR require processing of personal data in the EU?
No.
GDPR allows the transfer of personal data outside the EU when appropriate safeguards are in place, such as standard contractual clauses.
What matters is transparency, control, and lawful processing, not physical location alone.
Why Schools Choose GAT Labs
- Is built specifically for Google Workspace for Education
- Focuses on auditability, not just monitoring
- Reduces compliance risk without storing sensitive content
- Replaces multiple fragmented tools with one platform
- Supports IT teams and DPO’s with clear evidence and accountability
GAT Labs is used by educational institutions that must answer to regulators, auditors, parents, and governing bodies.
GDPR Compliance Without Guesswork
Stay effortlessly compliant with the key European data protection law within your Google Workspace for Education environment.
GAT Labs gives schools the ability to:
- Understand where personal data exists
- Limit and monitor access to that data
- Demonstrate compliance clearly and confidently
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- What is the **General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)**, and why is it relevant to schools using Google Workspace?
- How does GAT Labs help schools demonstrate or support GDPR compliance? (e.g., file sharing, access control, incident reporting)
- What are the key compliance functions or components that GAT Labs mentions for GDPR (e.g., data mapping, sensitive data identification)?
- How does GAT Labs ensure that its own product usage aligns with GDPR requirements (e.g., data collection practices, deletion policies)?
- What distinguishes GAT Labs’ approach to GDPR compliance compared to other tools, according to the article?
- Why is structured access and approval important for inspecting sensitive data and remaining GDPR compliant?
- Propose a 5-step plan your school could follow to improve GDPR compliance in Google Workspace using insights from the GAT Labs page.