Potential issues that may be faced

When integrating WebRTC into your team-based communication, you are likely to find a number of issues that are commonly faced:

• Privacy

• Data security

• Restrictive networks

• Restrictive SOEs

• Interoperability

• Timezones

Let's take a look at each of these issues in more detail.

Privacy

As in e-learning, privacy is a key issue facing any video or audio recording application within team communications. And as we have discussed, this issue is made more complex by the distributed nature of the web.

In a commercial or organization-based context, the team application may have specific privacy policies enforced. It is possible that these policies are out of date, and, in some cases, may be too restrictive or even prohibit some WebRTC-style applications. But it is equally as likely that no well-structured policies have yet been put in place, which can be just as challenging.

The team members' employment contracts may also include clauses designed to restrict their behavior when...