>> And this is where I'm hitting a problem; wise-assed >> users and a problem with lots of personal files being stored on >> company laptops (I don't just mean a letter to the local council; I'm >> talking GBs of... > This is where a talk with HR and legal is *definitely* appropriate, as they > can set the kinds of policies that you need to fix the problem. > At $WORK, it's a simple policy that states that no copyrighted material or > software not licenced by $WORK is to be put onto company computers > (servers/desktops/laptops). This includes software and materials for which > the individual may have purchased personally.
Definitely a detail I should clarify in the AUP; it currently only mentions "unlicensed software". > The reasoning - $WORK can get into serious legal problems with the licence > and copyright holders, which can result in expensive lawsuits. Ohyes! > You then use the corporate legal policy to create an IT policy that > 'conforms', i.e., personal data will not be tolerated (or backed up and > restored) on company laptops. I'm not sure I want to go so hard on personal data, but... if the policy exists it doesn't have to be fully enforced all of the time, just if needed. > You'll still get the occasional laptop with pictures from the employees' > digital camera, and personal documents and letters, but the bulk of the junk > will now be fair game for removal, and you can then reset expectations for > other personal data stored on the machine by including a policy that the > company is not responsible for such data on laptops, and standard service > measures may cause it to be deleted. "the company is not responsible" that's the jobbie. Thanks. > It helps if you also provide good backup mechanisms for the data that really > should be on the machines, Ah. Therein lies a little problem in that the software we use is awful, but it's been paid for so there's no appetite from finance to spend more money there. Ah well. That said, users are not supposed to store data on local drives anyway, so if it's not on the fileserver it's not going to be backed up anyway, so that covers that base. But again, good points, thanks! -- http://www.totkat.org/ _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
