Summer Photos, Company Devices: Where’s the Line?

As employees increasingly snap summer photos on work phones and sync them to corporate cloud storage, UK businesses are facing fresh legal and data protection risks, so this article looks at where the boundaries lie, what the law says, and what employers should do next.

Blurred Lines Between Work and Personal Life

It has become second nature for many employees to reach for their phones during a beach day, family BBQ, or office-social. However, when that phone is company-issued (and backed up to a business-managed cloud) those sunny snapshots can come with unexpected regulatory baggage.