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Customers who joined Drata on or after Feb 24, 2026 are automatically on the New Experience.
Instructions for the New Experience ⬇️
Policy owners receive notifications when changes are made to the policies they manage. These notifications help ensure policy accountability and continuity.
By default, policy owner notifications are enabled. Each policy owner can turn notifications on or off at any time.
Manage policy notifications
To update your policy notification settings:
Select Settings → Notifications.
Ensure notifications are enabled.
Under Policies, turn Updates to policies assigned to me on or off.
When policy owners receive notifications
A policy owner receives an email notification in the following scenarios:
New assignment: A policy is assigned to a new owner by someone other than the owner.
Owner removal: A policy owner is removed by someone other than the owner.
Policy update: A policy is updated by someone other than the policy owner.
Access removal: A policy owner's access to Drata is removed. Drata automatically reassigns the policy to the first available Admin, and the Admin receives an email notification about the reassignment.
Instructions for the Classic Experience ⬇️
Manage policy notification
By default, all policy owners will be notified about changes made to their policies. The policy owner can turn off these notifications at any time in their settings.
To access the Settings page, select your name on the left menu and then Settings. On the Settings page, select Notifications.
Toggle on or toggle off the Updates to policies assigned to me to manage your notifications.
Notification Events
The policy owner will be notified in the following 4 scenarios:
1. New Assignment: If a policy is assigned to a new owner by any user other than the owner, the new owner will be notified via email about the assignment.
2. Removal: If a policy owner is removed by anyone other than the owner, the owner will be notified automatically via email about the removal.
3. Policy Update: If a policy is updated by anyone other than the owner of the policy, the owner will be notified automatically via email about the update.
4. Access Removal: If a policy owner access is removed from Drata, the application will automatically assign the policy to the first admin and notify the admin about the policy re-assignment.