Data protection policy enforcement decision making in collaborative framework environments

Abstract

A data protection policy enforcement operation is provided for enforcing data protection policies in collaborative framework environments which permit a plurality of collaborators to jointly work on projects requiring access to project data assets. For this purpose, a method includes establishing, by a computer device, a plurality of rules for evaluating actions performed in a collaborative environment, the collaborative environment including a plurality of collaborators and a plurality of data assets associated with collaboration between the collaborators; in response to a request to perform an action in the collaborative environment, applying the rules to the plurality of data assets related to the data assets to create a plurality of determinations; in response to each of the plurality of determinations being allowed, allowing the action to be performed; and, in response to at least one of the plurality of determinations being denied, preventing the action from being performed.