Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)

You’re welcome to use your own device for work purposes if you’d rather not have multiple phones or laptops, although there’s no expectation that you do so. If you do choose to use your own mobile, tablet or computer, you’ll need to ensure that there’s no risk to Helpful Digital’s security.

We trust you to take reasonable care to safeguard your devices. You’ll need to give our Data Protection Officer details of your device. They can also advise you about certain data that should not be processed on anything other than official work devices, such as “special category data”.

You will also need to allow your device to be integrated with our device management systems to ensure it complies with our security policies.

Some of the basic measures we’d expect you to take include:

• Use strong passwords
• Encrypt storage
• Use different applications for business and personal use
• Ensure any software is genuine, supported by the developer, and kept up to date
• Avoid connecting to untrustworthy sites or networks
• Report the loss or theft of your device
• Report data breaches
• Don’t use public cloud-based sharing or back-up services
• Permanently delete sensitive data once you have finished with it
• Delete all work-related data if/when you leave Helpful Digital

This is a summary of our BYOD best practice guidelines. Further information is available for you to familiarise yourself with. The Data Protection Officer can you tell you more as you need.