Company-Issued or Subsidized Electronic Devices. If Employee is issued any electronic device by the Company such as a smart phone, iPad, laptop computer, or external hard drive, or if the Company is otherwise subsidizing the cost of Employee’s use of any electronic device, Employee agrees that the following shall govern Employee’s use, access, and possession of such devices: (1) Employee has no right to privacy with respect to any data that is stored on the device; (2) Employee’s use of the device shall be in accordance with the Employee Handbook policies pertaining to use of Company equipment, computers, networks and systems; (3) Employee will not use the device in any circumstances in which use of the device may distract Employee or others from any business task that requires close attention or otherwise may create an unsafe condition; (4) Employee will not use the device in a manner that violates any applicable federal, state and local laws such as driving laws; (5) Employee will return all such devices to the Company when requested to do so by the Company and/or immediately upon termination of Employee’s employment with the Company for any reason; (6) as soon as Employee begins to consider leaving the Company or Employee realizes his/her employment with the Company has or will soon come to an end, Employee will not wipe or delete or cause any data to be wiped or deleted from any such device before returning the device to the Company; (7) as soon as Employee’s employment with the Company terminates for any reason, or as soon as the Company requests that Employee return the device for any reason, Employee no longer has authorization or consent from the Company to access the device and Employee will not access the device for any reason before returning it to the Company; and (8) before Employee returns the device to the Company, whether upon request by the Company to return it or termination of Employee’s employment, if Employee has stored any data on the device that Employee considers to be personal, Employee will not retrieve or access the device to retrieve such personal data except with the written consent of the Company or in the presence of an authorized Company representative.
