What’s changing 

Currently, erstwhile location are information policies applied to documents, spreadsheets, presentations aliases files, users are fixed nary cardinal mentation of which actions, for illustration downloading, making a copy, aliases outer sharing are restricted. 

To amended upon this experience, users who are interacting pinch policy-protected content, specified arsenic those pinch data nonaccomplishment prevention (DLP) rules aliases trust rules, will now beryllium proactively informed astir what actions are prevented by those policies. 

For example, if a personification is interacting pinch a archive affected by DLP-enforced accusation authorities guidance (IRM) and a Trust Rule, they will spot a shield icon, banner, and broadside sheet that informs them of nan restricted actions.
Policy Visualization crossed Google Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drive


Who’s impacted 

End users 


Why it matters 

With this update, users will beryllium made alert of which actions they are taking that are abnormal connected a document, spreadsheet, descent aliases record owed to information protection controls.

Getting started 

  • Admins: There is nary admin power for this feature. 
  • End users: 
    • Any personification will beryllium capable to spot argumentation visualization if it's progressive connected a document, but nan proprietor of nan archive is utilized to find if it's turned ON. 
    • A shield icon, banner, and broadside sheet will automatically look erstwhile information controls are present. 
    • Visit nan Help Center to study much astir nan policies that alteration Policy Visualization: 
      • Drive DLP
      • Drive Sharing Settings 
      • Trust Rules 
      • Shared Drives 

Rollout pace 

During nan Open Beta period, this characteristic will beryllium opt-in only. Customers who fill retired this form will spot nan characteristic enabled successful their specified domains wrong 7 days of sign-up. Customers whitethorn submit feedback here aliases email it to [email protected]. 


Availability

Policy visualization is enabled erstwhile nan document, spreadsheet, slides aliases record proprietor belongs to nan pursuing Google Workspace editions: 
  • Business Starter, Standard, Plus 
  • Enterprise Starter, Standard, Plus 
  • Essentials Starter, Enterprise Essentials, Essentials Enterprise Plus 
  • Frontline Starter, Standard 
  • Education Fundamentals, Standard, Plus, nan Teaching & Learning Upgrade 
  • Workspace Individual Subscribers 

Resources 

  • Google Help: Drive DLP 
  • Google Help: Drive Sharing Settings 
  • Google Help: Trust Rules 
  • Google Help: Shared Drives