Allow quarantined messages and files to be reviewed or removed.

Allow authorised personnel to manage workspace activity and enforce predefined policies on messages and files shared in Slack.

Ensure that confidential information (such as national insurance/personal ID numbers) isn’t shared within your Slack workspaces.

Note: Archiving does not disrupt or impact how members interact with a workspace.īy detecting and removing potential threats, DLP third-party tools allow you to secure your data from within.

Data is captured and archived within a data warehouse.

Data can’t be quarantined, removed or tagged within Slack.

They typically have read-only access to Slack message and file data.Here's an overview of how e-discovery apps work: Here are some scenarios to help you select the right solution to use in partnership with the Discovery API:Ĭustomers may use e-discovery for one-off civil or criminal legal cases, or to replicate and keep a record of all message and file data for compliance purposes. Whether you decide to use an e-discovery or DLP tool will depend on the needs of your organisation. From the data warehouses, messages and files can be searched, archived or retrieved.ĭLP apps ensure that confidential information (like credit card and social security numbers) isn’t shared outside of Slack by scanning for content within messages and files that break predefined policies. There are two types of third-party partner apps, depending on your needs:Į-discovery apps pull messages and files from Slack and store the information in third-party data warehouses. Once enabled, it will be accessible to all org owners.

The primary org owner or an org owner can request to enable the Discovery API. Our Discovery API lets org owners on the Enterprise Grid subscription use approved third-party apps to export or act on messages and files from Slack. Our Discovery API connects Slack Enterprise Grid organisations to a customer’s partner of choice. Many customers enlist a third-party e-discovery or data loss prevention (DLP) partner to house all of their cloud solution software. On the Enterprise Grid subscription, org owners can export data using Slack’s Discovery API.

Potential scenarios include issues related to human resources, legal or finance, for example. Occasionally, Slack customers may need or be required by law to export messages and files from a workspace.

Slack api documentation