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How can I disable managers' access to the private data of their direct reports?
How can I disable managers' access to the private data of their direct reports?
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Written by Isabella R.
Updated over a week ago

Teamflect offers a comprehensive software platform tailored to enhance team management and foster collaboration. Within Teamflect, people managers are equipped with a range of tools and resources aimed at facilitating seamless team coordination and efficiency.

The extent of visibility granted to managers is contingent upon a setting within the admin center, which allows for the customization of access levels. Specifically, Teamflect admins have the option to enable or disable access to the private data of their direct reports, providing greater flexibility and control over information management within the platform.

The extent of visibility afforded to managers hinges upon a general setting within the admin center, denoted as:

"Disable managers' access to the private data of their direct reports."

  1. When this setting is NOT TURNED ON:

Module or Functionality

People managers can see

Employee Profile

Yes

Role Information

(Competencies associated, job title, key responsibilities, etc.)

Yes

User Information

(Default and manual attributes such as city, department, hire date, team, division, etc.)

Yes

Teamflect admins can always adjust these attributes' visibility to the manager in the admin center.

Shared notes taken by the direct report

Yes

Private notes taken by the direct report

Yes

9-box evaluations (if enabled)

Yes

File attachments on their profile

Yes

Teamflect admins can always adjust some of these attachments' visibility to the manager in the admin center.

1-1 meetings with the direct report

Yes

Public Goals

Yes

Private Goals

Yes

Tasks

Yes

Reviews

Yes

People managers can see both direct and indirect reports' reviews when the user profile is visited.

Surveys

Yes

Teamflect admins can always adjust the response visibility to the managers while sending a new survey.

Private Feedback

Yes

Public Feedback

Yes

Private Recognitions

Yes

Public Recognitions

Yes

2. When this setting is TURNED ON:

Module or Functionality

People managers can see

Employee Profile

Yes

Role Information

(Competencies associated, job title, key responsibilities, etc.)

Yes

User Information

(Default and manual attributes such as city, department, hire date, team, division, etc.)

Yes

Teamflect admins can always adjust these attributes' visibility to the manager in the admin center.

Shared notes taken by the direct report

Yes

Private notes taken by the direct report

No

9-box evaluations (if enabled)

Yes

File attachments on their profile

Yes

Teamflect admins can always adjust some of these attachments' visibility to the manager in the admin center.

1-1 meetings with the direct report

Yes

Public Goals

Yes

Private Goals

No

Tasks

Yes

Reviews

Yes, however, people managers can't see their INDIRECT reports' reviews when the user profile is visited.

Surveys

Yes

Teamflect admins can always adjust the response visibility to the managers while sending a new survey.

Private Feedback

No

Public Feedback

Yes

Private Recognitions

No

Public Recognitions

Yes

You may want to prevent managers in your company from accessing the private data of their direct reports. If you disable managers' access, managers cannot access private data of direct reports like private recognitions, feedback, and private goals. To disable managers' access to the private data of their direct reports.

Step 1

Click on the "Admin Center" button in the left side menu of Teamflect.

Step 2

Then find the “General settings” and click on it.

Step 3

Here you can see the "Disable managers' access to the private data of their direct reports" button. If you turn this button on, managers cannot access the private data of direct reports.

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