# Asana and the GDPR: our commitment to you > At Asana, we’re committed to protecting your data and respecting your privacy. Here's what we’re doing to prepare for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Source: https://asana.com/inside-asana/asana-gdpr ## Asana and the GDPR: our commitment to you Here at Asana, we’re committed to protecting your data and respecting your privacy. The General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), a new regulation designed to protect the individual privacy rights of EU residents, will come into effect on May 25, 2018, and we want to share what we’re doing to become GDPR-ready. When the GDPR comes into effect, most organizations that collect, maintain, or process EU residents’ personal data (regardless of the organization’s global location) will be required to implement certain procedures and safeguards for that data. In preparation, Asana has established a comprehensive and ongoing compliance program and is committed to partnering with its customers and vendors to help them in their GDPR compliance efforts. At Asana, we strive for transparency with our customers and partners. In that spirit, we want to share a few examples of what Asana has in place to prepare for the GDPR and how customers can partner with us to support their GDPR compliance initiatives: - **International Data Transfers**: The GDPR requires organizations to use a recognized legal mechanism to transfer data from the EU to other countries that do not have a similar data protection framework. While Asana has already complied with this requirement through its certification under the EU-US Privacy Shield framework, we also offer EU Model Contractual Clauses. - **Security**: We’ve implemented a number of technical and organizational safeguards designed to protect the security and integrity of your data. For example, we encrypt web connections to protect data transmissions and use industry-standard OTP technology to further secure access to our corporate infrastructure. - **Data Access, Management, and Portability Tools**: Asana customers who are data controllers can easily access and manage their team members’ data. Specifically, these customers not only are able to directly access, update, modify, and delete data within the Asana platform, but they also have the ability to export Organization member and guest information. - **Documentation**: Asana shares the GDPR’s commitment to transparency, fairness, and accountability which is why Asana’s GDPR-readiness program requires documentation about our data collection and processing activities, and the various policies and guidelines we follow. Interested in learning more about Asana’s security strategy and how we are preparing for the GDPR? Check out our [Statement on Security](https://asana.com/security-statement#gdpr), where we provide an in-depth overview on our approach to security and GDPR-readiness. - [Welcoming Kevin Knieriem, Asana’s Chief Revenue Officer](/inside-asana/welcoming-kevin-knieriem-cro) Company Team Asana #### Content writer We’re excited to welcome Kevin Knieriem to Asana as our Chief Revenue Officer.Kevin joins Asana at an important moment for the company and our customers. As organizations move tow ... - [Asana Named a Leader in 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Collaborative Work Management for Third Consecutive Year](/inside-asana/leader-in-2025-gartner-magic-quadrant-collaborative-work-management-report) Company #### Content writer We're pleased to share that for the third year in a row, Asana has been positioned as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Collaborative Work Management (CWM). We believe, t ... - [Asana’s FY25 ESG Report: Accelerating Impact for People, Planet, and Product](/inside-asana/fy25-asana-esg-report) Company #### Content writer At Asana, our mission is to help humanity thrive by enabling the world’s teams to work together effortlessly. This mission extends far beyond just our product; it’s deeply woven i ... - [Charting a new path: How we’re building the future of work management with Asana Partners](/inside-asana/future-work-management-asana-partners) Company #### Content writer Partners have been integral to Asana’s story from the very beginning. Even before we had an official partner program, we had committed ‘partners’ in our legacy Certified Pros prog ... - [Asana and the GDPR: our commitment to you](/inside-asana/asana-gdpr) Company Here at Asana, we’re committed to protecting your data and respecting your privacy. The General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), a new regulation designed to protect the indiv ... - [Company](/inside-asana/company)