


This came at an additional cost to Slack users. Previously, Slack referred to their export tool as the “compliance export,” which was the upgrade option for certain plans that allowed workspace owners and admins to export private channel and private message data. This is important to note for discovery professionals because attachments will need to be downloaded from Slack for review-they aren’t directly provided in the standard export. Channel messages will be exported in a JSON format, which will contain links to attachments. Standard export still exists for all plans, and allows workspace owners and admins to export public channel content from their workspaces. Since our last post in March 2018, Slack made several significant changes to their data export options that are important for e-discovery professionals to be aware of.
