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Empuls supports per-program social wall privacy settings, giving administrators full control over whether recognitions are shared publicly across the organization or kept visible only between the giver and the recipient.
Recognition visibility is not one-size-fits-all. Empuls gives administrators granular privacy controls at the individual program level, so each recognition type carries its own social wall behavior from the moment it is configured. Whether a program should be celebrated openly or handled with discretion is a decision Empuls leaves entirely to the admin — no engineering work required.

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How program-level privacy works

Within the Empuls admin console, social wall visibility is set during program creation and can be updated at any time without disrupting in-flight nominations. Admins select one of two modes: public, where approved recognitions appear in the social feed visible to all employees, or private, where the recognition is visible only to the recipient and the person who granted it. Spot awards, jury-based awards, and values-based acknowledgments can each be configured independently. A spot award for a customer-facing win might be set to post publicly on the social wall to build team morale, while a jury-based award tied to performance cycles might be kept private to avoid signaling compensation-related outcomes before a formal announcement.

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A practical example

Consider a company running Empuls alongside MS Teams. An admin configures their “Founder’s Award” program as private. When a recipient is approved, they receive an immediate notification through the MS Teams integration — real-time, personal, and meaningful — without a public post triggering in the social feed. Meanwhile, the same company’s “Peer Cheers” spot award program is set to public, so every approved recognition lights up the social wall and drives visible cultural momentum. Both programs run simultaneously inside Empuls with zero conflict. For organizations using Workday or SAP SuccessFactors, private recognition data can align with existing HR records without creating unintended public signals during sensitive review periods.

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Why this matters for global teams

HR teams operating across multiple geographies face different norms around public acknowledgment. Empuls makes it straightforward to run a single global recognition program while honoring regional preferences — configuring certain award types as private in markets where broadcasting individual recognition is culturally less common. Empuls is ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certified, so all recognition data — public or private — is handled within a secure, compliant infrastructure that meets enterprise procurement requirements. Organizations that want the energy of a social recognition culture without sacrificing discretion can configure both simultaneously inside Empuls. Privacy settings are program-specific, persistent, and effective immediately after saving. Learn more: Empuls Help Centre — Social Intranet

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