think about it in the legal context.. if you BYOD, and conduct work on a personal device. Maybe exchanging mails, IMs, text, whatever with a client. Client get

think about it in the legal context.. if you BYOD, and conduct work on a personal device. Maybe exchanging mails, IMs, text, whatever with a client. Client gets upset about some deal, they sue your employer. They claim you leaked some information to a competitor. Client and employer both want access to your device, to look for evidence of the information leak. You conducted work, on behalf of the employer, on your own personal device. They have to have the legal right to search that device for evidence.. Now.. if you had two devices. One for work, one for personal. You never used your personal device for work.. then to me, personal device is off limits, unless they found compelling evidence ELSEWHERE that you had disclosed information via your personal device. However, that would need to come out and be backed by evidence. They can't just look at your device without being compelled. I am no lawyer though, and my knowledge of civil/criminal evidence handling is shallow..