Data protection in Google Workspace
GDPR Compliance Made Simple for Google Admins
GAT+ helps Google Admins monitor file sharing, detect personal data exposure, and enforce policies across Gmail, Drive, and Chrome , without accessing file contents. Stay compliant with GDPR and other privacy standards using clear audit trails and custom alerts.
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Key GDPR Features
in GAT+
Access and Policy Management:
Review file and email permissions, set automated sharing restrictions, and ensure internal policies align with GDPR standards.
Data Identification and Risk Monitoring:
Use custom alerts and regex-based scans to flag files containing sensitive personal data when shared externally.
Incident Management and DPIA Support:
Track exposure events, generate audit trails, and support impact assessments through detailed historical reporting.
GAT’s Commitment to Transparency in GDPR Compliance
At GAT Labs, we prioritize data security and transparency. Unlike other tools, we never collect or transfer file or email content to our servers.
What We Collect:
User metadata only, including:
✔️ Username & company email
✔️ Access times
✔️ Email communication details
✔️ Google+ postings within the domain
✔️ Owned files, calendars, and appointments
✔️ General usage data (email groups, OUs, etc.)
What We Do NOT Collect:
🚫 File or email content
🚫 Data transfers to external servers for inspection
While other tools rely on content transfers for analysis, GAT+ takes a smarter approach, allowing secure content searches without moving data.
Additionally, GAT Shield provides real-time sensitive content detection while ensuring your data never leaves your environment.
Full compliance, zero compromise.
Built for Privacy, Designed for Control
GAT+ ensures that utmost data protection measures are enforced.
Additionally, from time to time admins or security staff need to inspect online content which may belong to other staff members or customers.
This must be carried out in a structured and approved workflow, which GAT provides.
GAT Unlock is the ONLY solution in the Google Workspace Marketplace that offers such a structured workflow.
This ensures that access to all content is approved by properly appointed Security Officers within the company.
Data leakage can occur not only via email and document sharing, but also via the browser (using cut and paste into any other web page the user is logged into on their browser).
Detecting this dynamic flow of sensitive information is critical to ensuring proper compliance with GDPR.
GAT Shield is designed to look in real time for sensitive content.
It can also search and report on content without that content ever having to pass through our servers.
Our sophisticated design ensures none or minimal customer content having to pass through our architecture.
All idle databases are also automatically deleted 30 days after last use. There’s also no metadata harvesting for future use.
GAT Labs: FAQs About GDPR Compliance
Yes, GAT Labs collects and processes information in accordance with the law, in a clear and accessible manner. Data is collected for a specified and limited purpose and only as long as it is specified under the contract. The metadata stored is only for the administrators benefit of making use of our tool set and only at the level necessary to provide the services.
The company practices that are used are in accordance with the regulations regarding customer data. Data is stored securely and processed to ensure its integrity and confidentiality in a way that guarantees appropriate security of personal data, including protection against unauthorised or unlawful processing and accidental loss, destruction or damage. Data is never shared with any third parties except the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) which is the GAT Labs sub-processor.
With respect to the rights of the data subjects, we acknowledge the following: right to access, right to obtain a copy, right to rectification, right to erasure, right to restrict processing, right to data portability, right to object, right to withdraw consent and right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
GAT Labs has appointed a Data Protection Officer, and all rights of data subjects can be challenged by sending a request to dpo@generalaudittool.com
GAT Labs helps you maintain data confidentiality, integrity and availability by giving you secure and comprehensive set of tools to manage your domain environment.
GAT+ gives you full visibility over your domain , from asset inventory and file sharing oversight to email activity monitoring. You can detect and restrict the external sharing of sensitive data, remove suspicious or phishing emails, and set up custom DLP alerts. It also supports automated policy enforcement, bulk onboarding/offboarding of users, and third-party monitoring to flag potential malware or risky activity.
Yes. GAT+ provides detailed audit trails, scan-based reporting, and historical access logs that help Google Admins meet Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) and incident reporting needs, all without manual data gathering. It also automates these reports by scheduling them to run and providing regular notifications so you can respond to any risk events quickly and negate them. It allows you to be proactive by enabling GAT alert rules to set up a secure environment and overseeing the events they generate, proving that the system is working as intended.
Yes. This is a key feature that sets GAT+ apart from most other tools. GAT+ not only shows what your users are sharing externally, but it also detects externally owned files that have been shared into your domain. This closes a major blind spot in most data protection strategies and helps you take full control over third-party file exposure.
FAQs About GDPR Compliance with GAT Labs
Q: Is GAT Labs GDPR compliant?
A: Yes, GAT Labs collects and processes information in accordance with the law, in a clear and accessible manner. Data is collected for a specified and limited purpose and only as long as it is specified under the contract. The metadata stored is only for the administrators benefit of making use of our tool set and only at the level necessary to provide the services.
The company practices that are used are in accordance with the regulations regarding customer data. Data is stored securely and processed to ensure its integrity and confidentiality in a way that guarantees appropriate security of personal data, including protection against unauthorised or unlawful processing and accidental loss, destruction or damage. Data is never shared with any third parties except the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) which is the GAT Labs sub-processor.
With respect to the rights of the data subjects, we acknowledge the following: right to access, right to obtain a copy, right to rectification, right to erasure, right to restrict processing, right to data portability, right to object, right to withdraw consent and right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
GAT Labs has appointed a Data Protection Officer, and all rights of data subjects can be challenged by sending a request to dpo@generalaudittool.com
Q: How does GAT+ help with GDPR in Google Workspace?
A: GAT+ helps you monitor file sharing, detect externally shared sensitive data, and automate policy enforcement. Admins can create audit triggers and set remediation workflows that support GDPR requirements, including access transparency and data governance.
Q: Can I use GAT+ for DPIA and incident reporting?
A: YYes. GAT+ provides detailed audit trails, scan-based reporting, and historical access logs that help Google Admins meet Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) and incident reporting needs, all without manual data gathering. It also automates these reports by scheduling them to run and providing regular notifications so you can respond to any risk events quickly and negate them. It allows you to be proactive by enabling GAT alert rules to set up a secure environment and overseeing the events they generate, proving that the system is working as intended.
Q: Can GAT+ detect externally owned files shared into my domain?
A: Yes. This is a key feature that sets GAT+ apart from most other tools. GAT+ not only shows what your users are sharing externally, but it also detects externally owned files that have been shared into your domain. This closes a major blind spot in most data protection strategies and helps you take full control over third-party file exposure.
Prompts this page can help answer:
“How to comply with GDPR in Google Workspace?”
“What tool helps with DPIA and data audits in Gmail and Drive?”
“Can I monitor sensitive file sharing for GDPR compliance?”
Does the GDPR require processing of personal data in the EU?
No. As the 95/46/EC Directive on Data Protection, the GDPR sets forth certain conditions for the transfer of personal data outside of the EU. Such conditions can be met via mechanisms such as model contract clauses.
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