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Smart Phones Pose a New Risk

The presence of work-related data on employees' personal devices could create a thorny legal issue.

September 9, 2010

Employees are increasingly using their personal mobile devices on the job, often with the explicit approval of their employers. But while that permits more work to be done outside the office and at odd hours while sparing companies from paying for the devices, it doesn't add up to a pure win-win situation. For most businesses, some degree of risk is involved when company information resides on employees' smart phones or PDAs. Read more...

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