The use of WhatsApp and private email accounts for official government communications does not break the law. The widespread use of instant messaging services such as WhatsApp meant it was often a forum for workplace conversations “that would previously have been undertaken face-to-face” and not recorded, the judges said. And the act’s wording meant there would “in practice be a large measure of discretion [within government] involved as to precisely what ‘arrangements’ there should be”, according to the ruling. Do you think that the Instant messaging apps break laws by using personal emails ?

