Whilst it is indeed possible that the error might have been made while using any device, that it was a 'phone with, presumably, a small screen, increases the risk that such an error will be made.
M
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On 25 Oct 2013, at 09:29, Andrew Cormack <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roland Perry
>> Sent: 25 October 2013 08:12
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>> Subject: Re: BYOD policy
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>> In message <[log in to unmask]>, at
>> 18:38:56 on Thu, 24 Oct 2013, "Baines, Jonathan"
>> <[log in to unmask]> writes
>>> I wonder if this councillor was using her own phone, and if so what
>> the BYOD policy was...
>>>
>>> http://m.lutontoday.co.uk/news/politics/council-leader-s-iphone-slip-
>> up-1-5618806
>>
>> Sounds much more like user error (finger trouble) than anything which a
>> council-provided phone could have prevented.
>
> Isn't that case just leaving too much of an e-mail trail visible? Sounds to me like complaint came in, was bounced around the office for a while, then sent out to another member of the public.
>
> So nothing to do with the device - it could just as well be done (and has been) from a managed corporate desktop. Or indeed a printer/photocopier/fax: see the ICO's enforcement history! Only possible relevance of the iPhone, as far as I can see, is that a bigger screen might possibly have made the problem visible before the 'send' button was hit.
>
> For a real BYOD case (even though it doesn't involve a shiny phone!) see Aberdeen City Council's glitch where a member of staff worked at home on a second-hand PC that the previous owner had set to automatically back up to a website that was indexed by Google :(
>
>> Unless of course such phones have email disabled altogether, under a
>> policy of "If we stop you doing anything at all, we'll probably stop
>> you
>> doing something insecure".
>
> That's a great way to create uncontrolled shadow IT :(
>
> As far as I can see organisations have three policy choices:
> *) give people jobs they can do from the office, during office hours
> *) issue a full set of managed mobile devices to those who are expected to work outside those places/times
> *) develop a BYOD policy
>
> If you expect or encourage people to work in places and at times that you don't provide appropriate support and equipment for, then you can't blame them for coming up with their own ways to fill the gap!
>
> Andrew
>
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>> Roland Perry
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