Balough Discusses BYOD at Business Law Institute

The legal issues created by allowing employees to bring their own devices to the office and connect to the network were examined by Richard C. Balough at the Southeastern Business Law Institute 2013.

Mr. Balough explained that while over 66 percent of businesses allow employees to bring their own devices to the workplace and connect to the company network, only 33 percent currently have a written policy regarding the practice.  The trend to bring devices to the workplace will only continue to grow, he said.

Some of the legal issues explored by Mr. Balough were impact on employment policies, workplace safety laws and regulations, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Stored Communications Act, the Copyright Act, litigation holds, and privacy.  The title of his presentation was “Don’t Let BYOD Mean Bring Your Office Disaster.”

Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama and the Business Law & Corporate Counsel Section of the Alabama State Bar sponsored the Institute.