Re: Corporate policy question - Personal Laptops

["Kurt Buff" <kurt.buff () gmail com>]

Can you say "lawsuit"? I knew you could. What if they have
irreplaceable personal data on them? Heck, even it it's not
irreplaceable, what if it would simply be really costly to reproduce?

This is a major failure of policy, as personal laptops should never
have been let in the building at all - I'd give them their laptop
untouched, and suck it up.

Kurt

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....