BigQuery Adds Support for Data Governance Tags
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BigQuery now supports data governance tags for enforcing column-level security and data masking. These tags, a type of Resource Manager tag, can be attached to sensitive columns and used in BigQuery data policies to manage conditional access. This new capability is currently in preview and aims to enhance data security for organizations.
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BigQuery supports data governance tags , which let you enforce column-level security and data masking. Data governance tags are a type of Resource Manager tag that you can attach to sensitive columns and use in BigQuery data policies to grant conditional access to your users. This feature is in Preview .
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https://docs.cloud.google.com/release-notes#July_15_2026
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