Bring your own device arrangements let employees use personal phones and computers for work, mixing business and personal data on devices the employer does not own. Discovery depends on whether the employer has possession, custody, or control of the business data.
Mobile device management software affects the answer.
Alternative Names:
Bring Your Own Device Discovery, Personal Device Discovery
Why it Matters?
Control turns on the BYOD policy and the technical arrangement rather than device ownership. An employer with mobile device management and a policy asserting access rights generally has control; one that allowed personal device use without any policy frequently does not. Employees also resist producing devices containing personal content, which makes targeted collection of business applications preferable to full device imaging.
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Frequently asked questions
Does an employer control data on a personal device?
How is personal content handled?
