Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Policy
(FL)

Summary

This template is a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Policy to be adopted by an employer in Florida that allows employees to use their devices for work. This template includes practical guidance, drafting notes, and an alternate clause. This template is intended for private employers. Employers may include this policy in an employee handbook or distribute it as a standalone policy. The state of Florida does not appear to have a specific law addressing the use by employees of their own devices for work. Please make sure to check relevant state and local laws. If an employer chooses to adopt a BYOD policy, the employer should not only include it in the handbook but also distribute it to each employee as a standalone policy with its own employee acknowledgement. The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Policy Acknowledgment template should be signed and placed in the employee's personnel file. For a non-jurisdictional form governing personal electronic devices in the workplace, see Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Policy. For a full listing of key content covering employee handbook considerations, see Employee Handbook Resource Kit. For a full listing of related workplace data security content, see Workplace Internal Data Security Best Practices Resource Kit. For a full listing of data security content that applies to federal government agencies, see Data Security & Privacy for Government Agencies Resource Kit. For information on personal electronic devices in the workplace, see Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) Policies: Key Drafting Tips, Communications System, E-mail, Network, and Internet Policies: Key Drafting Tips, Computer, Mobile Phone, and Other Electronic Device Policies: Key Drafting Tips, and Employee Privacy (Federal). Also see Privacy Law § 4.11 and Brightmine HR & Compliance Center How To Series 10163 (How to Manage and Monitor BYOD (Bring Your Own Device).