# GetDataProtectionPolicy
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**Important**  
Amazon SNS message data protection will no longer be available to new customers starting April 30, 2026. For more information and guidance on alternatives, see [Amazon SNS message data protection availability change](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sns/latest/dg/sns-message-data-protection-availability-change.html).

Retrieves the specified inline `DataProtectionPolicy` document that is stored in the specified Amazon SNS topic. 

## Request Parameters
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 For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

 ** ResourceArn **   
The ARN of the topic whose `DataProtectionPolicy` you want to get.  
For more information about ARNs, see [Amazon Resource Names (ARNs)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-arns-and-namespaces.html) in the AWS General Reference.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

## Response Elements
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The following element is returned by the service.

 ** DataProtectionPolicy **   
Retrieves the `DataProtectionPolicy` in JSON string format.  
Type: String

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** AuthorizationError **   
Indicates that the user has been denied access to the requested resource.  
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** InternalError **   
Indicates an internal service error.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** InvalidParameter **   
Indicates that a request parameter does not comply with the associated constraints.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidSecurity **   
The credential signature isn't valid. You must use an HTTPS endpoint and sign your request using Signature Version 4.  
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** NotFound **   
Indicates that the requested resource does not exist.  
HTTP Status Code: 404

## Examples
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The structure of `AUTHPARAMS` depends on the signature of the API request. For more information, see [Examples of the complete Signature Version 4 signing process (Python)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/sigv4-signed-request-examples.html) in the * AWS General Reference*.

### Example
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This example illustrates one usage of `GetDataProtectionPolicy`.

#### Sample Request
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```
https://sns.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/?Action=GetDataProtectionPolicy
&ResourceArn=arn%3Aaws%3Asns%3Aus-east-2%3A123456789012%3AMy-Topic
&Version=2010-03-31
&AUTHPARAMS
```

#### Sample Response
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```
<GetDataProtectionPolicyResponse xmlns="http://sns.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-03-31/">
    <GetDataProtectionPolicyResult>
        <DataProtectionPolicy>{&quot;Name&quot;:&quot;__default_payload_policy&quot;,&quot;Description&quot;:&quot;Default payload policy&quot;,&quot;Version&quot;:&quot;2021-06-01&quot;,&quot;Statement&quot;:[{&quot;Sid&quot;:&quot;__deny_statement&quot;,&quot;DataDirection&quot;:&quot;Inbound&quot;,&quot;Principal&quot;:[&quot;*&quot;],&quot;DataIdentifier&quot;:[&quot;arn:aws:dataprotection::aws:data-identifier/Name&quot;],&quot;Operation&quot;:{&quot;Deny&quot;:{}}}]}</DataProtectionPolicy>
    </GetDataProtectionPolicyResult>
    <ResponseMetadata>
        <RequestId>71762e21-c4b0-59d8-9bb7-75ac9b77df37</RequestId>
    </ResponseMetadata>
</GetDataProtectionPolicyResponse>
```

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/sns-2010-03-31/GetDataProtectionPolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/sns-2010-03-31/GetDataProtectionPolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/sns-2010-03-31/GetDataProtectionPolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/sns-2010-03-31/GetDataProtectionPolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/sns-2010-03-31/GetDataProtectionPolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/sns-2010-03-31/GetDataProtectionPolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/sns-2010-03-31/GetDataProtectionPolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/sns-2010-03-31/GetDataProtectionPolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/sns-2010-03-31/GetDataProtectionPolicy) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/sns-2010-03-31/GetDataProtectionPolicy)