p2pnet news view | Mobiles:- Does BlackBerry maker Research In Motion record all employee telephone conversations, “in the interest of maintaining control over intellectual property”?

Yes, says RIM CIO Robin Bienfait.

No, says a RIM spokesperson.

Bienfait said all actions carried out on RIM’s internal network were logged, “meaning some employees may want their own private handset if they wanted to have personal conversations,” says ZDNet News.

“Everything. I record everything,” she said.

But “Robin Bienfait’s comments were intended to describe a capability that exists with RIM’s BlackBerry MVS technology that allows companies to record both voice- and data-based conversations which is particularly useful for RIM’s customers in regulated industries that require such ability,” the story has the spokesman saying

“Ms. Bienfait did not intend to suggest that RIM itself records employee phone calls … I have now confirmed that RIM does not record employee phone calls.”

Ah SO!

The faux pas occurred while Bienfait was on a trip to Australia.

ZDNet News -  RIM changes tune on employee calls, March 18, 2009

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