Re: Corporate policy question - Personal Laptops

["Mike Hale" <eyeronic.design () gmail com>]

You'll want to ask a lawyer about this.

My initial guess would be absolutely not; as it's their property,
unless they've signed something in writing that gives you permission
to wipe it, you have no more right to mess with it than you would have
the right to rip up their pictures or other personal effects.

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Tom Yarrish <cdtdelta () gmail com> wrote:
> Hey all,
> Needed some advice on a corporate policy issue.  If an employee has a
> personal laptop in the office, and that employee is terminated in the
> process of a merger, can the company wipe the hard drive of the
> personal computer before it's returned to that employee?  Here's the
> scenario:
>
> Our company is going through a merger, and through the rounds of
> "integration" of the two companies, employees that are let go from the
> IT department are escorted out of the building immediately, and not
> allowed to return. Their manager packs up their personal affects and
> ships it to them.  In one case, the employee had some personal laptops
> in their office, and wants them back (obviously).  Are we allowed to
> wipe the hard drive of that personal laptop before giving it back to
> the employee?
>
> I'm trying to determine if this is even legal or not, so I'm not sure
> where to look for advice.
>
> Thanks ahead of time....



-- 
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0