Team chat
Slack privacy rating
Team messaging app with channels, direct messages, voice and video huddles, file sharing and integrations, owned by Salesforce.
Summary
Slack scores 20 out of 100 (grade F) on the team chat criteria. It partly meets no ads or data sales and independent audit. It does not meet open source and no trackers or telemetry. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.
Score 20 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The cookie policy lists third-party cookies such as Google Analytics and advertising pixels on its websites.
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Partial
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by subscriptions with no ads in the product, but the policy allows sharing identifiers with third-party advertisers to target Slack ads on other sites.
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Partial
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
Only a SOC 3 summary report is public; the full SOC 2 report is available on request.