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As a Canadian I don't even know what the requirements are, or protections if any. But I did notice one thing in particular: you need your own equipment (no comp

As a Canadian I don't even know what the requirements are, or protections if any. But I did notice one thing in particular: you need your own equipment (no company equipment) to qualify under the Californian protections. How does this factor into bring your own device (BYOD)? At what point is it your employers equipment, and at what point is it yours? I think BYOD is a terrible idea for several reasons (usually leveraged as a cost-saving measure, can't 100% verify that all company data is wiped at end of employment, etc), but this seems like it muddles the whole thing further. If you only own the devices that you use to work, does everything belong to your employer and how can you draw a line?

nine_k 10y ago
The problem looks reasonably clear. If something is provided to you by the employer, don't use it for a side project. This can be hardware, software, know-how, office space, work hours, etc. If something was not provided by the employer as a part of your work environment, it's probably fine to use it. But a clear separation should additionally help.
- alkonaut 10y ago
  I agree it's probably wise to separate the two, but it's very hard to prove you worked on company equipment. My personal projects are all in my dropbox, which is synced to all my computers (both home and work). That means all the code for my side projects is always sitting on my work computer as well. I doubt that makes a difference.
  - __derek__ 10y ago
    You can turn off syncing to specific machines. You may want to consider doing that.
    - anondev77 10y ago
      I used my own equipment, including my own personal licenses for all tools, but my employer still claimed my work on it (at home) was theirs - because they claimed IT professionals all prefer to use their own equipment for their work.
__derek__ 10y ago
> If you only own the devices that you use to work, does everything belong to your employer and how can you draw a line? I would say: don't do that. If you do, you should probably have a contract leasing your equipment to the company. Generally, if you need to use your own equipment for work, then you should probably have an agreement that falls under the "contracting" (or B2B or consulting) umbrella.

nine_k 10y ago

The problem looks reasonably clear. If something is provided to you by the employer, don't use it for a side project. This can be hardware, software, know-how, office space, work hours, etc. If something was not provided by the employer as a part of your work environment, it's probably fine to use it. But a clear separation should additionally help.

alkonaut 10y ago
I agree it's probably wise to separate the two, but it's very hard to prove you worked on company equipment. My personal projects are all in my dropbox, which is synced to all my computers (both home and work). That means all the code for my side projects is always sitting on my work computer as well. I doubt that makes a difference.
- __derek__ 10y ago
  You can turn off syncing to specific machines. You may want to consider doing that.
  - anondev77 10y ago
    I used my own equipment, including my own personal licenses for all tools, but my employer still claimed my work on it (at home) was theirs - because they claimed IT professionals all prefer to use their own equipment for their work.

__derek__ 10y ago

> If you only own the devices that you use to work, does everything belong to your employer and how can you draw a line? I would say: don't do that. If you do, you should probably have a contract leasing your equipment to the company. Generally, if you need to use your own equipment for work, then you should probably have an agreement that falls under the "contracting" (or B2B or consulting) umbrella.