Before granting connected-app access, the reader should map the data path by separating the app-specific permission from the settings that apply generally to all conversations. The cited guidance confirms that these controls are separate; that fact alone does not establish a particular app’s data path—what information is requested, where it goes, or what happens after connection. The reader should resolve those points before approval rather than treat a permission label as a complete explanation of data handling.
Check the controls independently
Checking begins with the app-specific permissions being considered. The settings that apply generally to all conversations are reviewed separately. Because the controls are separate, neither check substitutes for the other.
Before approval, the reader should record or verify:
- the app being connected and the account or workspace context;
- the exact access scope and any information categories named in the request;
- the purpose stated for the request, including details that remain unexplained; and
- whether a workspace administrator is involved.
An unexplained scope or purpose should remain an open question rather than an inferred permission.
What the reader must still confirm
A useful path map is: connection → requested information → destination and access → retention and deletion → access removal. Each stage is a question to verify, not a claim about how every connected app behaves.
The reader should establish:
- which information enters the connection;
- where it is sent and which systems or parties may access it;
- how long it is retained and how deletion is handled;
- whether it is used for a secondary purpose; and
- what happens to information already transferred if access is later removed.
The cited separation confirmation does not answer these questions for a particular app. The reader should seek explicit answers in any available terms, privacy documentation, and applicable account or workspace controls. If a material answer is missing, the path is not fully mapped.
Removal is a separate check
The cited guidance says that access can be removed by disconnecting the app or by asking a workspace administrator to disable it. This addresses access removal, not deletion of information already transferred; it should not be treated as evidence that such information has been deleted. Retention and deletion require separate confirmation.
Decision rule
The reader should defer access while any requested scope, handling detail, or removal route remains unresolved. A complete map records the app-specific request, the separate general conversation settings, the handling of the information, and the route for stopping access. Unresolved answers should remain visible rather than being filled with assumptions.