@BenHV
Thank you for your time and patience throughout this issue! I received a response from our AIP team and will post their update below.
Update:
If you use user defined permissions, it gives the user control and therefore you don't have the option to set that setting. I would rather have the lower classification have user defined permissions and the more restrictive be defined by a label, that should circumvent the issue.
I hope this helps! If you have any other questions, please let me know.
Thank you for your time and patience throughout this issue.
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