Crosswalk pair

GDPR and Google Play Families, control by control

1 canonical control in Keel’s library satisfies clauses of both GDPR and Google Play Families. Implement each once, attach the evidence once, and it counts toward each standard. The overlap is the work you don’t repeat.

The overlap

What the two libraries have in common

Every figure here counts canonical controls in Keel’s library, not clauses of either standard. Each standard’s own authored count is on its framework page.

1

Controls that satisfy both

Canonical controls that crosswalk to at least one clause of each.

50

In Keel’s library for GDPR

2% of them also map to Google Play Families.

10

In Keel’s library for Google Play Families

10% of them also map to GDPR.

4

Evidence artifacts expected

Across the shared controls, from Keel’s evidence guidance. Gathered once.

  • GDPR 2016/679 2%

    1 control of 50 in Keel’s library for GDPR also maps to Google Play Families.

  • Google Play Families Families Policies, re-verified 2026-08-26 10%

    1 control of 10 in Keel’s library for Google Play Families also maps to GDPR.

The mapping

Controls that satisfy both

Each row is one control in Keel’s library and the clauses it answers on each side. Do the work once; both columns are then evidenced by the same artifacts.

GDPR and Google Play Families controls that satisfy both, with the clauses each maps to
Canonical control GDPR clauses Google Play Families clauses
Minimized collection in children’s activities Games, prize offerings and other activities aimed at children are reviewed so participation is never conditioned on disclosing more personal information than the activity reasonably needs, and the technical identifiers and location signals the app stores prohibit in children’s apps are neither collected nor transmitted. Art.5(1) families/requirements/child-only-identifiers, families/requirements/ad-id-permission, families/requirements/mixed-identifiers, families/requirements/phone-number, families/requirements/child-only-location

Beyond the pair

Where else this work counts

A framework is lit when a shared control above also maps to it. Unlit means none of them do — an absence, not a judgment about that standard.

Also reached by this control

  • AI Governance Essentials not reached
  • Amazon Appstore Child-Directed Apps not reached
  • Apple App Store Kids Category also reached
  • CIS Critical Security Controls not reached
  • COPPA also reached
  • ESG Essentials not reached
  • EU AI Act not reached
  • HIPAA not reached
  • ISO 9001 not reached
  • ISO/IEC 27001 not reached
  • ISO/IEC 42001 not reached
  • NIST AI Risk Management Framework not reached
  • NIST Cybersecurity Framework not reached
  • NIST SP 800-171 not reached
  • NIST SP 800-53 not reached
  • PCI DSS not reached
  • PIPEDA not reached
  • SOC 2 not reached
  • SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) Section 404 not reached
  • US Employment Law - Federal Baseline not reached

The thesis

Why this is one project, not two

On a crosswalk-native model, Google Play Families mostly lights up controls you already built for GDPR. You’re not re-uploading the same screenshot for a second audit. You apply the framework and see the genuine delta worth working. That’s the whole idea behind collect once, comply everywhere.

Next step

Add Google Play Families to the work you already did

Apply both frameworks in one workspace and see the overlap measured against the controls you already hold.