There's also a difference between saving different levels of stuff within Slack. It can go all the way to saving everything including private channels and direc

There's also a difference between saving different levels of stuff within Slack. It can go all the way to saving everything including private channels and direct messages: https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/220548947-Apply-for-Compliance-Exports https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/220548947-Apply-for... or just for channels: https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/203457187-Custom-message-and-file-retention https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/203457187-Custom-me... Make sure you know who's reading your DMs if you use Slack to e.g. complain about your manager. As someone able to make these decisions, make sure you know who has access and audit that. The story of the manager firing someone for performance reasons when the real reason is that they overheard something they didn't like is as old as the hills.