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UK Info Commissioner slams use of WhatsApp by health officials during pandemic

Charlie Clark Silver badge

Re: Why has IT not locked Access to these back doors?

But you can't stop "pondlife" from using their own phones or gov provided mobiles for their own purposes.

Government or company provided phones can, and should, be restricted in the apps that are installable. Using a private phone or e-mail for company/government business is usally a breach of contract, as well as any data privacy issues and can lead to sacking. It does happen and I think we've probably all experienced situations where it's been required. Difficult to see this in any kind of context in terms of the pandemic and really a dangerous erosion of data security and sovereignty.

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