Forum Discussion
Marcel Corbeek
Sep 07, 2016Copper Contributor
Yammer and privacy
I am looking for a confirmation on something I do suspect: the recent activity that a user sees after logging in on Yammer, does this only show the activity for the groups he / she is a member of? O...
Marcel Corbeek
Copper Contributor
Erin,
some of our users indicate that they do see activities from groups they are not a member of and from people they are not following. Are activities from public groups added?
Dan Nemec
Sep 15, 2016Copper Contributor
When I log in to Yammer there are three tabs: Discovery, All, and Following. Both Discovery and All display content from people and groups I am not connected to. Content is still subject to access levels (like a closed group) so don't worry about private data being leaked.
- Marcel CorbeekSep 15, 2016Copper ContributorErin, Dan,
thanks for your answers.
I am discussing this with our privacy officer who has to check that Yammer 'obeys' the privacy laws we have over here. I think they will have to do some rethinking as Yammer (and Office 365) are build on the principle that all information is available unless it is closed off. They are used to the model where all data is hidden unless it is opened up.