BlackBerry maker Research in Motion has sought to clarify what it claims is confusion over whether the company records all employee telephone conversations in the interest of maintaining control over intellectual property.
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion has sought to
clarify what it claims is confusion over whether the company
records all employee telephone conversations in the interest of
maintaining control over intellectual property.
I have now confirmed that RIM does not
record employee phone calls
RIM spokesperson
During a visit to Sydney in early March, RIM chief information
officer Robin Bienfait said that all actions carried out on RIM's
internal network were logged, meaning some employees may want their
own private handset if they wanted to have personal conversations.
"Everything. I record everything," she said.
But a RIM spokesperson, in a follow-up statement, said
Bienfait's comments had been misunderstood.
"Robin Bienfait's comments were intended to describe a
capability that exists with RIM's BlackBerry MVS technology that
allows companies to record both voice- and data-based conversations
which is particularly useful for RIM's customers in regulated
industries that require such ability," they wrote.
"Ms Bienfait did not intend to suggest that RIM itself records
employee phone calls ... I have now confirmed that RIM does not
record employee phone calls."
The spokesperson said RIM had deployed an internal beta test of
the MVS technology to a subset of employees, and claimed Bienfait
had intended to convey that RIM was recording data that was
transmitted over voice channels (eg, SMS messages) as well as data
channels (eg, email messages and instant messaging sessions).
However, the spokesperson said RIM was not recording the phone
calls of the employees involved in the beta test or any other
employees.
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