The agreement
What the agreement says
With no statutory framework written for this, the agreement does more work than the law does.
What the Agreement Has to Say
Ten things, each of which becomes a dispute if it is absent. The document is two pages and it is the whole of the protection for both sides.
Consent That Means Something
A signature obtained from somebody who cannot refuse is not agreement. What makes consent real here, and why it matters beyond the legal question.
What the Employer May and May Not Install
On hardware somebody else owns, the list of what gets installed is the heart of the agreement. Some things belong on it and several commonly proposed items do not.
Support: What Is Covered
The daily friction in BYOD is not security or money. It is somebody at a service desk deciding whether this particular problem is theirs.
Minimum Standards Without Buying the Device
Requirements an employer can set on hardware it does not own, and the line between a security condition and an instruction to spend money.
Changing the Terms Later
Arrangements tighten over time, usually in small steps nobody announces. How to change them without losing the agreement you had.
The Clause About Leaving
The paragraph most agreements omit, and the one that decides whether the end of the arrangement is administrative or adversarial.