Specifications

Comparison of work and personal apps
Work apps Personal apps
Work apps can view and change work data.
Work apps can view but not change personal data.
Personal apps cannot view work data but they can view and
change personal data.
Work apps can attach personal files to work email
messages or work calendar entries (for example, a tablet
user can attach a picture that the user took using the tablet
camera to a work email message).
Personal apps cannot attach work files to personal email
messages or personal calendar entries.
A user can access work apps when you activate a tablet on
the BlackBerry Device Service.
A user can access personal apps regardless of whether you
are using the BlackBerry Device Service to manage work
apps on the tablet
The tablet upgrades work apps when the BlackBerry
PlayBook OS is upgraded.
The tablet upgrades preinstalled personal apps when the
BlackBerry PlayBook OS is upgraded. The user can
upgrade the personal apps that the user installs at any time.
Access rights for work and personal data that the
BlackBerry PlayBook OS grants to apps
The following table displays the access rights that apps on BlackBerry PlayBook devices have to work data or personal
data.
Access right Work app A Work app B Personal app C Personal app D
Access a work file that
a work app saves
Read-write access Read-write access No access No access
Access a personal file
that a personal app
saves
Read-only Read-only Read-write access Read-write access
Access the private
data of Work app A
Read-write access No access No access No access
Access the private
data of Personal app C
No access No access Read-write access No access
Security Technical
Overview
Using BlackBerry Balance to secure BlackBerry PlayBook tablets in your organization’s environment
for work use
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