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How does this work for employer-provided devices? I'd be violating my employment contract and could be fired for providing customs with my password.
by titzer 8y ago
How does this work for employer-provided devices? I'd be violating my employment contract and could be fired for providing customs with my password.
- mrweasel 8y agoI have the same issue. I believe that technically my employer could be in violation with some of the contracts we have with some of our government customers.
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- ObsoleteNerd 8y agoI worked in a role that had rather strict rules about our devices and data. We were given a different phone and laptop to take when traveling, and VPN'd back to the office once there to access our files. The devices were just entry level Blackberry/iPhones and Thinkpads (this was a decade or so ago) with nothing on them except a local copy of the corporate contact list. No email accounts set up, no calendar set up, etc. We were to VPN in for all that stuff when not local (tether laptop to phone if not on wifi and needed email). If we were questioned at all about it (I never was, but others were), we were told to give them a business card from our direct Manager, and contact them with any questions. I have no idea what the Managers were trained to say or how they dealt with it as I was pretty low in the totem pole, but I assume there's standard practices out there for this.
- hugh-avherald 8y agoNot criticizing you but that's terrible advice. Not only is it pointless, it exposes the traveller to criminal prosecution. Why would a customs officer acquiesce?
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- hugh-avherald 8y agoIt would be a pretty pointless law if "my employer says I can't" were a defence. I mean, they are targeting organized crime... I'm pretty sure that part of your contract would be invalid in such a case, especially if you were instructed to go to NZ.
- lucb1e 8y agoI had a clause be put in my contract that government orders overrule NDAs. Not gonna stick my head into that wasp's nest where I have obligations both ways. Didn't even think of traveling, rather some court order or request to provide evidence or something; but yeah, this is the kind of logic I had that be put in for. Not that I'll give it up without question, especially for something pointless and overreaching like a border search of digital devices, but still.
- chucksta 8y agoAnecdotal, but most employers I've seen have a clause in the handbook about not taking their devices with you during international travel.