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.

22

In Keel’s library for GDPR

5% of them also map to Google Play Families.

9

In Keel’s library for Google Play Families

11% of them also map to GDPR.

4

Evidence artifacts expected

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

  • GDPR 2016/679 5%

    1 control of 22 in Keel’s library for GDPR also maps to Google Play Families.

  • Google Play Families Families Policies, retrieved 2026-08-13 11%

    1 control of 9 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
Minimised 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
  • Amazon Appstore Child-Directed Apps
  • Apple App Store Kids Category
  • CIS Critical Security Controls
  • COPPA
  • ESG Essentials
  • EU AI Act
  • HIPAA
  • ISO 9001
  • ISO/IEC 27001
  • ISO/IEC 42001
  • NIST AI Risk Management Framework
  • NIST Cybersecurity Framework
  • NIST SP 800-171
  • NIST SP 800-53
  • PCI DSS
  • SOC 2
  • SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) Section 404
  • US Employment Law - Federal Baseline

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.