Comment on Ask HN: Laid off employees, did the company ask you to return equipment?Comments−Scoundreller3yI had an employer buy our phones and they were then ours. As person property, they couldn't be FOIA'd.If the employer is at risk of getting sued, "giving them away" may be a very good consideration.−emodendroket3yNuking them accomplishes the same thing, doesn't it?−isleyaardvark3yIANAL but neither of these sound like sound legal strategies, or good for the employee.−emodendroket3y"We delete all data from employee machines at termination as a matter of policy" seems analogous to other data retention policies with similar purposes.
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I had an employer buy our phones and they were then ours. As person property, they couldn't be FOIA'd.
If the employer is at risk of getting sued, "giving them away" may be a very good consideration.
Nuking them accomplishes the same thing, doesn't it?
IANAL but neither of these sound like sound legal strategies, or good for the employee.
"We delete all data from employee machines at termination as a matter of policy" seems analogous to other data retention policies with similar purposes.