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Always assume any communication on your work network can and will be monitored... If you want a private discussion, best to do it in person or on your own devices, not using any company resources.
I think if the employer provides the tool, it is their data. I know there are different traditions in other places where they consider something like work email to be more of an employee owned or privacy issues. I always thought that was a bit wonky and it is easier to identify who owns what by ... who owns it.
what if your cafeteria conversation is recorded on a camera without your consent and used as an evidence against you? is it legal or invasion of privacy?
I'm glad that this isn't going to affect the free tier users (rather, they'll need to provide legal reasoning for it and consent) since there are a bunch of communities on slack.
Do employers have the same tools with email?
As head of IT for a company using Slack: FINALLY. Don't get me wrong--it's not like I want to read your messages and very likely won't. But there are times when I have no choice. A few years back, a group of interns started privately harassing other interns via Slack. Only way to see it was to boot an offending intern from his work station and go into his Slack to see what was happening. We had to make all intern acc…
There's an infinite space of solutions to your particular problem, but your chosen solution is totalitarian surveillance in the workplace because an intern got offended? I avoid workplaces which force shit like this. So do all the good developers I know, because they're people who can afford to be choosy. Bullies are pretty adept at functioning in these environments. Instead of harassing on monitored DMs, they'll mak…
There is no reasonable expectation of privacy on a corporate slack account.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Your employer owns the data, not you. The owner of something doesn't need special permission to look at it. It could be a company provided computer, email, or filing cabinet; they all belong to your work and they do not need to ask anyone to get in and look at the contents. Even something that has a reasonable expectation of only containing personal belongings (eg. a locker) may or may not be protected from employer…
How can a personal conversation be a "data". you mean they can potentially sell my personal conversation with a friend as if its a company owned data?
Don't do it on company slack then?
Whether or not this news is a surprise to you, you must already be separating concerns. At most competently run places emails/chat logs etc are logged.
As head of IT for a company using Slack: FINALLY. Don't get me wrong--it's not like I want to read your messages and very likely won't. But there are times when I have no choice. A few years back, a group of interns started privately harassing other interns via Slack. Only way to see it was to boot an offending intern from his work station and go into his Slack to see what was happening. We had to make all intern acc…
> "Compare that to our email, where I can go into anyone's messages immediately if need-be. This is all very standard corporate IT stuff that you need for HR and legal reasons." Wow, THAT is highly illegal in Europe.