Cyber Desk · Insight. Series: Digital disputes, as Indian courts actually see them.
‘Internal only’ Slack export lands in a rival’s inbox. Labels do not travel with the file.
An ex-employee forwards a #product-roadmap export. The channel said internal. The PDF in the rival’s mail does not carry that label as a shield. Confidentiality turns on what the information was, how it was obtained, what duties applied, and what was done with it — not on a channel name that stayed behind in Slack. “Internal only” is a workplace instruction. Once the file moves, the dispute is about confidence and misuse, not the emoji on the channel.
Labels stay in the workspace.
The file leaves without them.
Educational note. This Insight is for awareness relating to cyber law and digital procedure. It is not legal advice and does not create an advocate–client relationship.