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When you read the text of the app called Be Real on your phone screen, 'Now is the time to be real', your expectations are very clear. You open the app, take a picture of yourself and whatever or whoever happens to be in front of you.
It can be anything, even the food you just cooked, the TV program you are watching or even your computer screen at the office.
But as the popularity of this app breal is increasing now, should we be more careful while posting anything on social media through this app during work or office hours?
Or just want to zoom in on your office mate's computer screen during an innocent prank?
What is the BeReal app?
This app was released in 2020, but its popularity has increased tremendously in mid-2022. According to some reports, the BeReal app has been downloaded more than 27 million times worldwide.
If you don't know about this app, it is a social media platform that notifies all its users simultaneously at a random time every day. This gives you just two minutes to stop and take a picture of your surroundings.
The purpose of this app is to take away the care you take when creating an Instagram story and force you to appear 'more real'.
Once you share your post on this app
Once you share your post on this app, you can also check the posts of your other friends to see what they are doing at that time.
Most of the users who use this app have admitted that they enjoy zooming in on their office colleagues' computer screens and seeing what they are writing in an email or what they are writing while creating a post on the BeReal app. What are you doing?
But now those who talk about data protection and privacy concerns are debating whether to use it.
One user wrote, "How many violations occur during office hours between nine and five when B-Real receives a notification."
While sharing the meme, one user wrote that in BReal, I was trying to read everyone's office emails.
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What does the law say about this?
Emma Green, data protection specialist and managing partner at Cyber Data Law Solicitors in the UK, says taking a screen shot of your work to 'be real' is 'definitely a bad idea.'
She says that in this regard we need to take care of several things.
'Firstly, if there is any personal data on these computer screens, you may be in breach of data protection laws. Those screens may contain information about someone that makes them identifiable.'
"So if you blurt out someone's email address while taking a picture for your post, technically you've broken the law," she says.
And most importantly, Emma emphasizes that taking any picture of your office computer screen could potentially be a violation of your company's rules.
"Perhaps in your employment contract, you as an employee are required to maintain confidentiality of company information and not to display confidential information about the company that is displayed on screens and in the background of the office," she says. can also be.'
Emma says that although you can choose who is on your friends list on the BeReal app, once something is posted on social media, you can't be sure who it is. Who saw it and who didn't? Screenshots of such posts may be taken or phone calls may be exchanged between friends.
"Especially if you zoom into people's computer screens in the office and read their e-mails, you may be violating the terms of your employment contract according to company policy," he says. .
"It could lead to disciplinary action and you could get yourself in trouble with your company owner," she says.
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Don't be too real
You're probably thinking that this tip is pretty dramatic and you'll be tempted to take that picture the next time you get a B-Real alert.
But Emma advises that posting something like this on your part could cause trouble.
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