Some particularly restrictive contracts assert that any work you did while you were employed at the company is their property, even if you did the work on Christmas Day using your personal laptop or mobile device.
Using your own device when sending personal messages or using social media could protect you to a certain extent, but employees should stick to using 3G or 4G rather than WiFi, because "once it's plugged in to that then arguably it's part of their system and they can do what they like".
A future form of mobility may mean that, rather than relying on a human driver, you will use your phone (or other personal communication device) to summon a driverless car to pick you up and take you where you need to go, whereupon you will release the car to transport someone else to their destination.
If an employee is using a personal device at work, enterprise mobile management software can add layers of security to the device.
If someone is traveling, the system uses the personal device's geolocation service to help find a local office on Google Maps.
This system summarizes discussions using a personal device, which captures information, called the discussion commander.
In addition, web users today don't want to have their access to the internet controlled by outside entities, like corporate I.T., especially when they're using a personal device, like their iPhone.
Protecting the bank's customers is more important than any benefit from letting employees use their personal devices for business, said Jim Spicer, chief information officer of corporate technology and data for the company.
Do we provide corporate phones that won't talk to the internet and expect people not to use their personal devices?
"Smartphones are driving demand for an enhanced mobile experience as business- specific devices lose appeal and employees look to use their personal devices at work," said Stacy Crook, senior analyst for IDC's Mobile Enterprise research programs.
