[learc83]

Pretty sure that's a legal decision. The cheapest slack plan comes with unlimited backups from what I know.

[hhh]

Definitely legal. In Teams our messages are only retained for 90 days. You have to create a team for messages to be stored permanently. Similar for surveillance footage. Fortune 50

[fuzzer37]

Just curious why this would be a legal decision? I can't think of any reason that keeping messages would be a bad thing.

[jhickok]

If you are only required to keep data for one year and you keep it for 2 years, you can still be subpoenaed for that 2 year old data if you keep it. Thus, keeping data for longer than you are required is an increased business risk.

[saagarjha]

You’re doing something wrong and don’t want it to be subpoenaed?

[thekyle]

I believe the way Slack works is that old messages are kept but hidden unless you pay. So someone could still subpoena the old messages.

[awa]

Its more about messages taken out of context or a banter about a competitor between 2 random ICs getting highlighted in a big case.