Settings & Admin 4 min read
Configuring email notifications and digests
Folelse sends automated email notifications for deadlines, overdue items, and important events. You can customise which notifications are sent and to whom.
Notification types
- SAR deadline approaching — sent 7 days and 3 days before the 30-day deadline.
- SAR overdue — sent when a SAR passes its deadline without being marked complete.
- Breach 72-hour deadline — sent as soon as a breach is logged (countdown reminder).
- Breach overdue ICO notification — sent if 72 hours passes without ICO notification recorded.
- Policy review due — sent 30 days and 7 days before a policy review date.
- Asset owner inactive — sent when an asset's owner is deactivated.
- DPA expiring — sent 60 and 30 days before a DPA expiry date.
- Weekly compliance digest — summary of open items, overdue tasks, and upcoming deadlines.
- DSPT deadline reminder (NHS) — sent 60, 30, and 7 days before the DSPT submission deadline.
How to configure notifications
- 1 Go to Dashboard → Settings → Notifications.
- 2 Toggle each notification type on or off.
- 3 Set who receives each notification: All Admins, DPO only, or specific email addresses.
- 4 Configure the weekly digest: day of week, time, and included sections.
- 5 Click Save.
Individual user notification preferences
Individual users can also adjust their personal notification preferences. Go to Dashboard → Profile → Notification Preferences to opt in or out of specific alerts.
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