Slack privacy posture

-Effective: November 17, 2016
-Introduction
-Our privacy policy will help you understand what information we collect at Slack, how Slack uses it, and what choices you have.
-When we talk about “Slack,” “we,” “our,” or “us” in this policy, we are referring to Slack Technologies, Inc., the company which provides the Services. When we talk about the “Services” in this policy, we are referring to our online workplace productivity tools and platform. Our Services are currently available for use via a web browser or applications specific to your desktop or mobile device, as further described in our
+Effective: April 20, 2018
+This Privacy Policy describes how Slack collects, uses and discloses information, and what choices you have with respect to the information.
+Updates in this version of the Privacy Policy reflect changes in data protection law. In addition, we have worked to make the Privacy Policy clearer and more understandable by:
+organizing it into the sections listed in the Table of Contents below,
+providing a series of examples that help illustrate how the policies may be implemented by Slack and
+defining and capitalizing a few terms that are used more than once for simplicity and brevity.
+When we refer to “
+Slack
+”, we mean the Slack entity that acts as the controller or processor of your information, as explained in more detail in the “Identifying the Data Controller and Processor” section below.
+Table of Contents:
+Applicability of this Privacy Policy
+Information We Collect and Receive
+How We Use Information
+Data Retention
+How We Share and Disclose Information
+Security
+Age Limitations
+Changes to this Privacy Policy
+International Data Transfers: Privacy Shield and Contractual Terms
+Data Protection Officer
+Identifying the Data Controller and Processor
+Your Rights
+Data Protection Authority
+Contacting Slack
+Applicability Of This Privacy Policy
+This Privacy Policy applies to Slack’s online workplace productivity tools and platform, including the associated Slack mobile and desktop applications (collectively, the “
+Services
+”), Slack.com and other Slack websites (collectively, the “
+Websites
+”) and other interactions (e.g., customer service inquiries, user conferences, etc.) you may have with Slack. If you do not agree with the terms, do not access or use the Services, Websites or any other aspect of Slack’s business.
+This Privacy Policy does not apply to any third party applications or software that integrate with the Services through the Slack platform (“
+Third Party Services
+”), or any other third party products, services or businesses. In addition, a separate agreement governs delivery, access and use of the Services (the “
+Customer Agreement
+”), including the processing of any messages, files or other content submitted through Services accounts (collectively, “
+Customer Data
+”). The organization (e.g., your employer or another entity or person) that entered into the Customer Agreement (“
+Customer
+”) controls their instance of the Services (their “
+Workspace
+”) and any associated Customer Data. If you have any questions about specific Workspace settings and privacy practices, please contact the Customer whose Workspace you use. If you have an account, you can check
+http://slack.com/account/team
+for contact information of your Workspace owner(s) and administrator(s). If you have received an invitation to join a Workspace but have not yet created an account, you should request assistance from the Customer that sent the invitation.
+Information We Collect And Receive
+Slack may collect and receive Customer Data and other information and data (“
+Other Information
+”) in a variety of ways:
+Customer Data
+. Customers or individuals granted access to a Workspace by a Customer (“
+Authorized Users
+”) routinely submit Customer Data to Slack when using the Services.
+Other Information.
+Slack also collects, generates and/or receives Other Information:
+Workspace and Account Information. To create or update a Workspace account, you or your Customer (e.g., your employer) supply Slack with an email address, phone number, password, domain and/or similar account details. For details on Workspace creation,
+click here
+. In addition, Customers that purchase a paid version of the Services provide Slack (or its payment processors) with billing details such as credit card information, banking information and/or a billing address.
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 Data Request Policy
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 Contacting Slack
 Slack Technologies, Inc.
 500 Howard Street
 United States

-Effective: December 6, 2022
+Effective: July 5, 2023
 This Privacy Policy describes how Slack collects, uses, and discloses information associated with an identified or identifiable individual (referred to in this Privacy Policy as

 Third-Party service providers and partners.
-We may engage third-party companies or individuals as service providers or business partners to process Information and support our business. These third parties may, for example, provide virtual computing and storage services, assist Slack with verifying Owners and Customers, or we may share business information to develop strategic partnerships with Third-Party service providers to support our common customers. In this respect, depending on the Third-Party service provided, Slack may share your Information. Additional information about the subprocessors we use to support delivery of our Services is set forth at
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-Effective: June 14, 2021
-This Privacy Policy describes how Slack collects, uses and discloses information and what choices you have with respect to the information.
+Effective: December 6, 2022
 When we refer to “

-Effective: October 5, 2020
-This Privacy Policy describes how Slack collects, uses and discloses information, and what choices you have with respect to the information.
+Effective: June 14, 2021
 When we refer to “

-Effective: August 21, 2020
+Effective: October 5, 2020
 This Privacy Policy describes how Slack collects, uses and discloses information, and what choices you have with respect to the information.

 . We receive information from you, your Customer and other third-parties that helps us approximate your location. We may, for example, use a business address submitted by your employer, or an IP address received from your browser or device to determine approximate location. Slack may also collect location information from devices in accordance with the consent process provided by your device.
-Cookie Information. Slack uses cookies and similar technologies in our Websites and Services to help us collect Other Information. The Websites and Services may also include cookies and similar tracking technologies of third parties, which may collect Other Information about you via the Websites and Services and across other websites and online services. For more details about how we use these technologies, and your opt-out opportunities and other options, please see our
 Cookie Policy

-Effective: January 1, 2020
+Effective: August 21, 2020
 This Privacy Policy describes how Slack collects, uses and discloses information, and what choices you have with respect to the information.

 Changes to this Privacy Policy
-International Data Transfers: Privacy Shield and Contractual Terms
 Data Protection Officer

-Effective: April 20, 2018
+Effective: January 1, 2020
 This Privacy Policy describes how Slack collects, uses and discloses information, and what choices you have with respect to the information.
-Updates in this version of the Privacy Policy reflect changes in data protection law. In addition, we have worked to make the Privacy Policy clearer and more understandable by:
 When we refer to “

-Effective: November 3rd, 2015
-Our Privacy Principles
-If you read nothing else, please read this:
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-Effective: May 1, 2015
+Effective: November 3rd, 2015
 Our Privacy Principles

 Slack Privacy Policy
-Updated: May 1, 2015
 This privacy policy is here to help you understand what information we collect at Slack, how we use it, and what choices you have. When we talk about Slack in this policy, we are talking about Slack Technologies, Inc., the company, Slack, the downloadable application, and the Slack website at

-Effective: March 11, 2015
+Effective: May 1, 2015
 Our Privacy Principles
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 Slack is the custodian of data on behalf of the teams that use Slack. We don’t own team communication data. Teams own their data. They like it that way and so do we.
-At Slack we believe that more transparency is better than less. We try to make our product easy to use, with settings and options that are easy to find and understand. This is good for privacy, good for the product, and good for Slack customers and users.
 We think that having more information be easily accessible and searchable wherever you go, whatever device you have, is better than having less. So this is how we built Slack. Teams can select their own data retention policies (depending on their level of service) but our defaults show our bias. Administrators and owners can change these settings but we want you to know where we stand.

-Effective: January 1, 2015
+Effective: March 11, 2015
 Our Privacy Principles

 Slack Privacy Policy
-Effective: January 1, 2015
 This privacy policy is here to help you understand what information we collect at Slack, how we use it, and what choices you have. When we talk about Slack in this policy, we are talking about Slack Technologies, Inc., the company, Slack, the downloadable application, and the Slack website at

-Effective: July 22, 2014
-Our Policy:
-Welcome to the web site: https://slack.com (the “Site”) of Slack Technologies, Inc. (“Slack Technologies”, “we”, “us” and/or “our”). This Site is operated by Slack Technologies and has been created to provide information about our company and our service, Slack, which includes real-time communication, messaging, archiving and search services and related systems, technologies, and mobile applications (together with the Site, the “Service(s)”) to our Service users and visitors (“you”, “your”). This Privacy Policy sets forth Slack Technologies’s policy with respect to information including personally identifiable data (“Personal Data”) and other information that is collected from visitors to the Site and users of the Services.
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