Keep pace with evolving regulation
Advanced data residency controls enable customers to proactively apply digital sovereignty best practices and comply with evolving regulatory legislation. With Assured Controls, you can leverage all of the tools that you need to meet your desired compliance and sovereignty posture.
Control your data location
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Select the region for your data to be processed (global, EU, US or multiple) with data regions
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Apply local data storage to maintain your data in a Google Cloud storage bucket in the country of your choice
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More control over data location, access and encryption
Ensure that only authorised parties can access your data
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Address sovereignty and security without requiring separate cloud instances or custom software.
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Google's cloud-only architecture and secure-by-design infrastructure can reduce security risks by eliminating dependence on data storage on user devices, desktop client apps and on-premises servers.
Granular controls over data access for administrators
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Access Management allows administrators to select the physical location from which Google support teams can access organisational data to take support actions
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Client-side encryption provides you with complete control over data access, ensuring privacy from Google and third parties/cloud providers.
'Regionalised data processing is central to Airbus's compliance strategy. When data isn't regionalised or is handled by other technology providers, it's a risk for Europe, it's a risk for the nation and it's a risk for Airbus. It's a risk that we can't afford. So, we have migrated approximately 270,000 users to regionalised data processing, while maintaining the same functionality Workspace has always offered, with no reported impact to end users, so we are able to be more productive and innovative. We control our most sensitive data with encryption keys owned by Airbus, which is only possible with client-side encryption in Google Workspace'.
Top questions about data regions
Will I be able to choose multiple regions for my domain?
Data regions offer both the US and the EU as storage and processing locations, with flexibility to select multiple regions per organisation and to change locations.
How will data regions help me?
Data regions help customers store and process their data in a region of their choice, to proactively comply with evolving local or industry regulation, or client requirements to keep data within a specific part of the world.
Which services and data are covered?
Data regions cover primary data at rest for Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Chat, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Vids, Vault, Sites, Forms and Keep, and data processing for Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Chat, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Vids and Vault.
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