How to prepare for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for Google Drive

1. How to prepare for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for GoogleDrive The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires businesses conducting operations within the European Union (EU) to protect identifiable information ofconsumers. San Jose, CA, April 02, 2018 - The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires businesses conductingoperationswithintheEuropeanUnion(EU)toprotectidentifiableinformationofconsumers. In the tech sphere, this entails protecting the data of any EU citizen, no matter where their data travels. Under the GDPR, citizens’ social security numbers and addresses will be given the same priority as name and IPaddresses. Adopted April 2016 by the European Parliament in hopes of upgrading an outdated data protection directive, the GDPR is forecasted to carry massive impacts to businesses catering to European clientele. Breaches of privacy will be extremely costly for companies, costing up to 4% of annual global turnover. Meeting the standards of the GDPR will require most companies to make heavy investments and administrations. Moreover, most U.S. companies believe the GDPR will place them at a competitive disadvantagewithEuropeancompanies,requiringthemtorethinkcorporatestrategies. In a recent survey, over 92% of American companies consider GDPR to be a top data protectionpriority. Among these companies is Google—the company is working to restructure G Suite to meetGDPR criteria and to protect users. Through G Suite’s information processing lifecycle, servicedeployment,

2. datastorage,and communicationmustbe conductedsecurely.Additionally,administratorsmustbe able to export and deletedata effectively. Collavate DLP is prepared to help your business meet GDPR requirements. With oursecure integration with G Suite, users can log in to G Suite accounts without saving any personal information within Collavate. Moreover, Collavate provides numerous data loss prevention (DLP) functionalities that protect your data, such as keyword detection and usagetrends. Collavate’s keyword detection functionality allows administrators to customize sensitive keywords. For example, administrators can specify social security numbers as critical data, preventing any files with suchdatafrombeing sharedpublicly.IntermsoftheGDPR,thisfunctionalityallowsbusinessesto place strongersharingrestrictionsextendingtoanyformofclientdata. Another key feature Collavate provides is usage trend charts and statistics, which highlights all critical files and allows administrators to identify publicly shared files. This feature provides an overview of all filesaswellas useractivity.Administratorscaneasilyfilterfilesbyprivacystatus,allowingthemto focus on publicly sharedfiles. As businesses continue their digital transformations, data privacy remains at the forefront ofconsumer concerns. Collavate is prepared to equip businesses with tools to reinforce client security, such as keyword detection functionality and usagestatistics. Contact: Harry Jung CollavateInc San Jose, CA95129 +1 (650) 515-3733 hjung@collavate.com http://www.collavate.com