You can control the geographical storage and processing of your organization's data, using data regions. Data regions help comply with regional requirements or internal policies about where your data is managed. We offer these options, based on your Google Workspace edition:
- Fundamental data regions—Allows setting one data region policy for all users
- Data regions for Education—Adds features for qualified educational organizations
- Enterprise data regions—Adds flexibility and granularity for globally distributed organizations
- Assured Controls data regions (add-on)—Adds advanced reporting for compliance and security requirements
Click below to see availability in each product category.
To find out your edition, go to Which edition and payment plan do I have?
Data region features for Essentials editions
| Essentials Starter | Essentials** | Enterprise Essentials | Enterprise Essentials Plus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fundamental data regions | ||||
| Set a single data at rest region policy for everyone in your organization | ✔* | |||
| Enterprise data regions † | ||||
| Set data at rest region policies for organizational units or groups | ✔* | |||
| Basic data regions reports (Includes data at rest, versions, and policy summaries) |
✔* | |||
| Set data region processing policies (including for organizational units and groups) |
✔* | |||
| Advanced settings for data regions | ✔* | |||
| Assured Controls data regions (add-on) | ||||
| Advanced data regions reports (Includes data processing by region and service, and data at rest by service) |
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* This feature requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to the Essentials edition are no longer available.
† Users who don't have a supported edition for Enterprise data regions aren't covered by data region policies—even if you apply a data region policy to their organizational unit.
