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Scottish government to ban use of ‘non-corporate’ messaging apps on official devices

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Hameed Shuja

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Civil servants and ministers banned from using messaging services such as WhatsApp.

The Scottish government has announced it will ban the use of ‘non-corporate’ messaging apps such as WhatsApp on official devices used by civil servants and government ministers. The ban will come into effect from next spring.

A government press release on Tuesday December 17 said: “Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes

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