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IANAL, but when you say "team admins", do you mean their teams in the workplace? If so, then I would assume that it is all property of the company, in the same
by kohanz 11y ago
IANAL, but when you say "team admins", do you mean their teams in the workplace? If so, then I would assume that it is all property of the company, in the same vein that work e-mails, documents, and source code generally is. I imagine it is mentioned in the small-print of their employment contract or IP agreement. If the conversations are being had during working hours, with company tools, then wouldn't the company "own" those conversations?
- vsiden 11y agoI can see your point in cases where there _is_ a contract or an IP agreement or a TOS. How about less formal teams like open source communities, online courses, clubs, etc.? There is no employers who legally owns the conversations, just an admin who usurped rights to control them. Case in point: many online courses use team chat services like Slack for informal communication and socializing between students, to act as virtual campuses. One wouldn't expect private conversations between students to be moderated by the faculty. :)