LIke, if you are under investigation or something? Or am I truly paranoid these days?
2007-12-15 03:05:45 · 17 answers · asked by Chapter and Verse 7 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
It was put back. The techs came in and acted like I was crazy for thinking something had happened.
2007-12-15 03:16:55 · update #1
You guys are good. In fact, Laid Back, my boss did try to get me to delete pictures off of my personal camera but I refused to turn it over to the technicians. Thanks.
2007-12-15 03:20:16 · update #2
Hey RR. When my boss called me in over the pictures I had taken I said, "Get a court order." He did go to the police but was told this is still a free country and it was my "asset" as you call it. They must have thought I had downloaded the pictures onto my computer at work.
2007-12-15 03:27:06 · update #3
Question is has someone been violating company policy about use of the computer or unauthorized mail to competitors/vendors? It can be done to preserve something that is know to be on the system if there is pending legal action. Has someone else been using your system when you are on break or at lunch? There was two times I did it to systems to preserve data for justification of dismissal of the employee when they blatently defyed the in place policies they had signed.
2007-12-15 03:14:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'll assume you are in the USA.
Well, the key legal element - "who owns the asset?" If it is a computer provided to you by the company. They have the right to do whatever they want to it at anytime. It's theirs and they are providing it for your job.
If it is your own personal computer, which is your asset, then no. They can't remove the hard drive. A police officer or someone else can do it with a judge's order as part of an investigation of a crime, but other than that no.
If you use a company provided computer for personal use, I'd strongly recommend getting a U3 thumbdrive. This allow you to run programs off of the U3 drive, and save data without any record in the computer if you do it right.
Of course, if you've done nothing wrong - what are you paranoid about in the first place?
Do the right thing. Keep your work and private "electronic lives" separate.
2007-12-15 03:20:43 · answer #2 · answered by R R 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your boss things that you are performing some criminal act, (or no criminal act, he has the legal right to pull your HDD). Being that you are an employee of the company and he/she is your boss.
They can obtain a forensic computer expert to strip off all the data that is on the HDD. There is no software no matter what any software company will tell you that they can clean your disk with all kinds of techniques, this is not true. Any good forensic computer expert can still strip the data off.
Minddoctor, France
2007-12-15 03:13:34 · answer #3 · answered by MINDDOCTOR 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it is a computer your company owns:
Yes, but there are easier ways than pulling the hard drive out, your boss could probably get in over the network
If you own the computer (yours from home)
No, that would be stealing or hacking.
2007-12-15 03:11:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. first of all company computer is NOT YOUR computer
2. it can be done for many reasons. upgrade of hard ware in that case it would be whole CPU unit, or just upgrade hard drive.
3. and if you're underinvestigation that would be one of many steps.
dude its computer security measure. WAKE UP and SMELL coffee.
2007-12-15 03:13:33 · answer #5 · answered by steven25t 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did the harddrive crash?
Did a previous employee have some private information they want retrieved?
Did someone place a private file there (via smb/nfs/etc)?
Was it infected with a virus/trojan/keylogger?
Did he need another harddrive immediately, and yours was the first available?
If I wanted to investigate an employee, I would remove the harddrive, copy it, and put it back so he wouldn't know I was investigating him.
2007-12-15 03:13:15 · answer #6 · answered by Darkcontrast 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are many reasons that your boss, or IT support may want to do this.
Don't worry, if you are following company policies, there will be no problems.
They may want to take an image backup of a workstation and yours just happened to be the most convenient.
2007-12-15 03:32:26 · answer #7 · answered by David P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe just a random check? It's the property of the company so they can do what they want but unless they do it to only you I wouldn't take it personally. Just know that they are watching and don't d/l crazy stuff or attempt to transfer sensitive files to their competitor's servers...
2007-12-15 03:12:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yep, Patiot act could cause that to happen,and it's not your computer, it's the company's
If the feds invoke the patriot act, your boss can't even tell anyone why it was done.
2007-12-15 03:10:46 · answer #9 · answered by ImaHarper 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good Day.
If the HDD is removed, it is either defective, or the company has collected evidence.
If you have not broken a law or the company's policies, there should be no problem.
Regards.
2007-12-15 03:13:55 · answer #10 · answered by whmoffat 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋