Of course, the consequence is you end up communicating for work on something like Teams instead of an usable chat app.
<i>"ban personal messaging apps at work"</i><p>What does that even mean? I doubt you can forbid the usage of personal messaging apps except in very exceptional cases (like a court room).<p>On the other hand: Using personal messaging apps for work related information is a no-go anyway because of confidentiality agreements basically everyone signs.
At least for the financial institutions on this list, I can say they have no other choice. Regulation forces them to log everything to avoid insider trading, etc. Any communication outside of their internal systems can't be logged and is therefore a compliance risk.
Been a sackable offence for over a decade in finance, I can not fathom why other sectors have been so slow to enforce some basic standards.<p>Recording every call, message (and in my office - thing you said at your desk) is mostly used for conflict resolution - when counterparties disagree you go to the tapes and see what was said. From there my word is my bond, it is done.
GDPR guarantees a right to privacy even on work devices. I think you need to filter out personal messages if compliance requires logging.
I don't understand why they put this up like it's working in their favor. Their website doesn't explain anything extraordinary that makes them different from the average chat app, except that it is europe based.
I'm not reading anything in this article that seems to pretend like it's working in their favour?<p>It's just an article from a company about their industry, companies do that all the time for brand recognition, building trust (showing expertise in their domain), and educating potential customers about why they might need this sort of product (lead generation).
What would possibly differentiate a chat app?
Meanwhile in Spain I use WhatsApp to contact the municipality, the GP uses it to send my blood results and package delivery drivers ask me to share my location. I hate it.
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TLDR: yes, governments in favor of Chat Control legislation want to make <i>absolutely</i> sure it doesn't apply to them.