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Automate privacy risk detection, approvals, and audit reports with GPT-4o, Slack, Gmail, and Google Sheets

Ready for 3.0

by Cheng Siong Chin ✓ · 40 views · created 2026-03-29 · Document Extraction, AI RAG

Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What this workflow does

This AI workflow has 23 nodes and runs when an HTTP POST request hits its webhook URL (plus 1 other trigger). Along the way it connects OpenAI Chat Model, HTTP Request, Data table and Slack Hitl and 2 more.

How it runs

Trigger: When an HTTP POST request hits its webhook URL (plus 1 other trigger).

  1. Privacy Governance Agent (AI Agent): runs an AI agent, with model: Governance Agent Model; 5 tools (Audit Log Tool, Approval History Tool, Approval Request Tool, Data Privacy Agent Tool…); output parser: Compliance Output Parser
  2. Route by Risk Level (Switch): routes items into 4 branches
  3. Prepare Critical Alert (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 6 fields: alertType, priority, message…
  4. Prepare High Risk Alert (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 6 fields: alertType, priority, message…
  5. Prepare Audit Record (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 9 fields: eventId, timestamp, complianceStatus…
  6. Send Critical Alert (Slack): uses Slack
  7. Send High Risk Alert (Slack): uses Slack
  8. Store Compliance Record (Data table): uses Data table
  9. Prepare Compliance Report (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 8 fields: reportTitle, executiveSummary, detailedFindings…
  10. Send Compliance Report (Gmail): uses Gmail

Services it uses

OpenAI Chat ModelHTTP RequestData tableSlack HitlSlackGmail

Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0

Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.

Nodes used (15)

From the author

How It Works This workflow automates data privacy compliance governance for privacy officers, legal operations teams, and data protection leads. It eliminates the manual effort of monitoring data usage events, classifying privacy risks, routing approval…

Excerpt from Cheng Siong Chin's description on n8n.io.

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