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In a whistleblowing channel, confidentiality lives in the permissions, at the data level.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Compliance</category><category>Method</category></item><item><title>Regulatory deadlines watched by the tool, not by a person</title><link>https://byc-data.fr/en/blog/regulatory-deadlines-watched-by-the-tool/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://byc-data.fr/en/blog/regulatory-deadlines-watched-by-the-tool/</guid><description>Reply within 7 days, open the investigation within 14: in a whistleblowing channel, the tool counts the overdue cases. The manager reads one number.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Compliance</category><category>Power Apps</category></item><item><title>No list of administrators, and that&apos;s the tool&apos;s best idea</title><link>https://byc-data.fr/en/blog/no-list-of-administrators/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://byc-data.fr/en/blog/no-list-of-administrators/</guid><description>In a whistleblowing channel, the application works out each person&apos;s role from their actual permissions. No list to maintain, no possible mismatch.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Compliance</category><category>Power Apps</category></item><item><title>The status that is computed instead of entered</title><link>https://byc-data.fr/en/blog/status-computed-not-entered/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://byc-data.fr/en/blog/status-computed-not-entered/</guid><description>A status picked from a drop-down list ends up lying. 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