Does a Data Security Policy that revokes access apply to files that were already detected/shared?
Not by default. A new Data Policy applies to sharing events from the moment it’s created onward.
To apply it to files that were shared before the policy existed, refresh your sharing results after creating the policy: head to Data Audit > Shared Data, click Refresh results, choose if it applies to All Users/Shared Drives or only select ones, select “apply Security Policies”, then Start refresh. SpinOne will then check your existing sharing events against the policy and take action on any that match.
Note: If your policy is set to revoke access after a delay (for example, after 7 days), access is revoked once that many days have passed. For example, if a file shared today matches the policy, you’ll be notified and its permissions will be revoked 7 days from now.
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