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Re:Stop using your work laptop or phone for personal stuff, ... by nasalgoat on Thursday June 24, 2021 @04:21PM (#27623262)
It's important to document and archive the contents for liability reasons, but the takeaway here is that you should remember that the laptop belongs to the company and you have zero rights to privacy on it, so conduct yourself appropriately.
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Re:Stop using your work laptop or phone for personal stuff, ... by makapuf on Thursday June 24, 2021 @04:30PM (#27623368)
Depends where. Here in Europe it has been said that a Personal folder cannot be looked at by the company. But ofc it can ask you to delete it or fire you if you spend too much time idling but Personal data is Personal.
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Re:Stop using your work laptop or phone for personal stuff, ... by grahamburger on Thursday June 24, 2021 @04:53PM (#27623609)
This is a major cultural difference between US and EU. In the U.S., data is only Personal if it's on a Personal device.
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Re:Stop using your work laptop or phone for personal stuff, ... by p_j_w on Thursday June 24, 2021 @04:30PM (#27623373)
>It's important to document and archive the contents for liability reasons

Unless this guy was sexually harassing people, I'm curious how this is going to protect anyone from any kind of liability.

>you should remember that the laptop belongs to the company and you have zero rights to privacy on it, so conduct yourself appropriately.

Yes, but as others have mentioned, just because the company has the right to do that doesn't mean it's either ethical OR good. No one here was asserting the right to privacy on company owned hardware.

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