Ownership, retention, access boundaries, and the practical difference between a provider that stores your messages and one that cannot read them.
Discord has had eight notable security incidents since 2023. The worst, in October 2025, exposed about 70,000 government ID photos through a customer service vendor. None was a breach of Discord's own servers, but support desks, scrapers, malware and third-party bots have all exposed user data.
Slack has disclosed two breaches of its own systems, in 2015 and 2022, and fixed several serious bugs. The largest leaks of Slack messages, at Disney, Uber and Nikkei, came through stolen employee logins, because anyone with a working Slack account or token can read everything it can see.
India's CERT-In Directions require 180-day ICT logs and 6-hour incident reports, and the DPDP Rules 2025 add one-year retention. Here is how those rules apply to an end-to-end encrypted messenger, what it can and cannot hand over, and what Lupyd holds today.
What GDPR actually requires of a messaging service, what Lupyd stores and for how long, which providers process it, and where we still fall short. We have not had an external audit yet, so instead of a badge, here is the full picture.
Disappearing messages reduce the risk of past data leaking, but they cannot stop screenshots, photo captures, or forwards. Worse, careless use can breach statutory record retention laws in India like the Companies Act and GST Act. Here is a practical policy for professional firms.
The first 24 hours after a data breach decide how much damage it does. Learn the critical hour-by-hour action plan for Indian businesses, CA firms, and law firms, covering CERT-In 6-hour deadlines, DPDP 72-hour reporting, evidence preservation, and secure out-of-band communication.
Your firm may lock its office and train staff on phishing, but most client data lives inside your accounting software, CRM, cloud storage, and chat apps. Learn how vendor risk affects your liability under India's DPDP Act, who holds your encryption keys, and 10 questions to ask every software provider.
Employees use personal phones for work, and client data goes with them. Learn the real BYOD risks, a simple policy, and low-cost controls small and mid-sized Indian businesses can use today.
Most data leaks from departing employees are not malicious, just unmanaged. Use this practical offboarding checklist to remove access, secure client chats, and protect data when someone leaves.
Learn what India's DPDP Act and Rules mean for business messaging, secure communication, encryption, personal data, access control, and why Lupyd protects team data.
How to manage team tasks, share project updates, and keep work structured without leaking proprietary roadmaps to third-party clouds.