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Admin | Set up paste protection

Admin | Set up paste protection

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I. Intro
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Version requirement: Lark version 5.24 or above.
Who can perform these steps: Primary administrators and administrators with terminal security permissions.
Activating paste protection restricts members from reproducing information from Lark in apps outside of Lark. This protects your organization's data and prevents information leakage. For example, after you activate paste protection, members can still copy content in the document, but will only be able to paste it Lark and not in other apps. Paste protection can be set up in the mobile app, desktop app, and the web version.
II. Steps
Go to the Lark Admin Console, and click Security > Terminal Security > Paste protection. Click Edit.
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On the left side of the page, select the members that you'd like to restrict. You can select all staff or select by department, member, or user group. Click Save. The protection should take effect within 10 minutes.
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If your organization has integrated a third-party app, by default the mobile app is controlled by that third-party app. You'll then need to go to the third-party app to set up and review this protection. In this case, the paste protection settings in the Lark mobile app will not take effect.
Click View Settings > View Details to review the On/Off status of the paste protection in each app.
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In the window that opens, click a department, member, or user group tag to be redirected to that settings page.
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When a member who is subject to paste protection for an app copies something, they'll see a window pop up telling them that the copied content can't be pasted externally. If the member checks Don't Remind Me Again, the window won't appear in that app again. The member will only see the reminder window again if an administrator turns the function off and restarts it, and the member copies something.
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III. FAQs
In what scenarios can paste protection be used?
It can be used on text and images in the following features and scenarios: Messenger (except in the web version), Docs, Mail (except in the web version), Calendar, Meetings, Workplace apps, Moments, Lingo, and Search.
Which scenarios are exempt from paste protection?
Information that's meant to be shared and is interactive by nature. The sharing of this kind of information to external apps is allowed.
The following table lists the scenarios and artifacts that are exempt from paste protection.
"My QR Code" when adding an external contact
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The group link generated when sharing a group card
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The event link when sharing an event
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The meeting ID, meeting link, and joining info in Meetings
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Minutes links
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The app link and app QR code in a gadget
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"Copy link" in any sharing panel
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Print preview pages in Docs
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If a member is in multiple departments or user groups, which rules are they governed by?
  • The lower the hierarchical level, the higher the priority: Member > User group > Sub-department > Parent department > Global.
  • Within the same level, the stricter rule will apply. If a member is in a department or user group at the same level, as long as 1 department or user group activates the function, it's considered activated.
  • The rules will be updated dynamically. New employees in the organization will follow the setting for their department by default. If the membership and organizational structure changes, members will follow the rules for their newest department or user group.
Can members copy and paste within Lark once paste protection is activated?
  • Let's say a member copies content A in Lark, switches to another account, logs off, and switches to an external app. The member would not be able to paste content A.
  • Let's say a member copies content A in Lark, switches to another account, logs off, switches to an external app, and then returns to the Lark account they were in when they copied the content or switches back to Lark. If they didn't copy any new content, they would be able to paste content A.
Is cross-app text pasting between the Lark desktop app and the Lark web version allowed?
What paste protection restricts is the pasting of information from Lark into something outside of Lark. So pasting between the Lark app and the Lark web version can still occur. For example, members can copy some content from a chat in the Lark desktop app and paste it in Docs or Mail in the web version.
Note: We recommend that administrators simultaneously activate paste protection in all the apps. If you activate paste protection in only one of the apps, members can potentially cause information to leak from an app in which paste protection is not activated.
Is the cross-app pasting of images subject to paste protection?
Here's a comparison of how the activation of paste protection changes cross-app pasting within Lark.
Scenario
Paste protection not activated
Paste protection activated
In Docs in the web version, copying an image using a shortcut and pasting it in Docs
(Can't paste it in the comments in Sheets and Bases)
Copying an image using a shortcut in Docs in the web version and pasting it in Messenger or Mail in the web version
Copying an image using a shortcut in Docs in the web version and pasting it in Messenger or Mail in the desktop app
In Docs in the web version, copying an image by right-clicking and pasting it in Docs
Copying an image by right-clicking in Docs in the web version and pasting it in Messenger or Mail in the web version
Copying an image by right-clicking in Docs in the web version and pasting it in Messenger or Mail in the desktop app
Copying an image in Messenger or Mail in the desktop app, and pasting it in Docs in the web version
Copying an image in Messenger or Mail in the desktop app and pasting it in Messenger or Mail in the desktop app
Copying an image in Messenger or Mail in the desktop app and pasting it in Messenger or Mail in the web version
Copying an image in Messenger or Mail in the web version and pasting it in Messenger or Mail in the web version
Written by: Lark Help Center
Updated on 2024-11-25
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