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I would disagree on the ownership question. Just because someone allows access to the account doesn't mean the ownership of the account is transferred. It would
by talmand 15y ago
I would disagree on the ownership question. Just because someone allows access to the account doesn't mean the ownership of the account is transferred. It would be as if you gave me keys to your house for the weekend and then I claim ownership of your house.
But one of the comments in the story has the answer. If the issue at hand are the connections in the account, then why not just hand over a copy of the list of connections? Granted, the company would then have to ask everyone on that list to connect with the new account, which they may not be inclined to do.
To me, it would depend on who created the account. If the company created it for the use of the employee it belongs to the company. If the employee created it for their use, whether it was related to their job or not, it belongs to the employee.
- caseysoftware 15y agoI think where it gets muddy is multiple people working on and/or using the account on company time. If maintaining the account, updating contacts, etc was part of their regular job, this argument starts to make sense. That would be online with working on side projects on the job or with company resources. If it was a "I'm too busy, here.. log in and grab his email" sort of thing, that seems more in line with the "you can use my phone" analogy. Either way, I'm interested to see what their argument is and how it shakes out as this could impact quite a few other things.