Now generally available: Policy visualization across Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Vids and Drive

Qué está cambiando

A principios de este año, we introduced a beta for policy visualization across Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive. Today, we’re excited to announce this is now generally available, and as a result, users who are interacting with policy-protected content, such as those with data loss prevention (DLP) rules or normas fiduciarias, will now be informed about what actions are prevented by those policies.

For example, if a user is interacting with a document affected by DLP-enforced information rights management (IRM) and a trust rule, they will see a shield icon and side panel that informs them of the restricted actions.

Policy visualization across Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Vids and Drive

A quién afecta

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Por qué es importante

With this update, users will be made aware of which actions they are taking that are disabled on a document, spreadsheet, slides or file due to data protection controls.

Para empezar

Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
Usuarios finales:

Any user will be able to see policy visualization if relevant restrictions apply to them. Security limitations can be applied by owners of a document, shared drive policies, or admin policies.
A shield icon will automatically appear when security controls are present. Users can open the side panel to view all restrictions, either using the shield icon or by going to File > Security limitations.
Visit the Help Center to learn more about Policy Visualization and the policies themselves:

Ritmo de implantación

Dominios de liberación rápida: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on December 2, 2024
Dominios de publicación previstos: Full rollout (1-3 days for feature visibility) starting on January 6, 2025