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Former Channel Islands data commissioner to lead review into use of WhatsApp in Scottish Government

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A former Channel Islands data commissioner will lead the external review into the use of WhatsApp and mobile messaging in the Scottish Government. The review will focus on the use of mobile messaging apps, non-corporate devices in Government business, and the need for updates to the ministerial and civil service code. The retention of information from messaging apps will also be considered.

A former Channel Islands data commissioner will lead the external review into the use of WhatsApp and mobile messaging in the Scottish Government . The use of WhatsApp by ministers and senior officials in the Government came under scrutiny at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry . Humza Yousaf announced the external review in January, after conceding the handling of requests for WhatsApp messages had not been his Government ’s “finest hour”.

She will look at the use of mobile messaging apps, the use of non-corporate devices in Government business, as well as whether updates to the ministerial and civil service code are needed. One of the issues she will consider is the retention of information from messaging apps, including if requirements should go beyond the needs of records management policies. Separately, Scotland’s information commissioner David Hamilton has launched his own inquiry into the use of WhatsApp and informal messaging

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Channel Islands Data Commissioner Review Whatsapp Mobile Messaging Scottish Government Ministers Senior Officials Covid-19 Inquiry Humza Yousaf Non-Corporate Devices Ministerial Code Civil Service Code Records Management Policies Scotland Information Commissioner David Hamilton Inquiry Informal Messaging

 

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