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Recording a meeting, is it allowed and where may the recording sit

GDPR requires a lawful basis for recording, and participants must be informed. Teams and Zoom both enforce a notice banner. Plus storage must fit your policy, not just sit in someone's OneDrive.

Try this first

  1. 1Decide the GDPR basis, usually legitimate interest or explicit consent, and capture this in a recording policy.
  2. 2Enable the notification in Teams or Zoom so participants see the recording is running, default in both platforms.
  3. 3Plan the storage location, for Teams that is OneDrive or SharePoint, decide which library and retention apply.
  4. 4Set a retention policy, do not keep recordings longer than needed, GDPR data minimisation.
  5. 5Limit who can start recordings, not every board-room participant should have that right.
  6. 6Document in the room guide when recording may start and what you announce beforehand.

When to bring us in

For specific domains, healthcare, legal, finance, sector codes add requirements. Vectel can align the policy.

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