Firms warned Digital Economy Act could threaten bring-your-own-technology policies

Gareth Morgan
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IT chiefs advised to take steps to ensure copyright material not backed up onto corporate systems from personal devices

Firms have been warned that their bring-your-own-device policies could result in them falling foul of the Digital Economy Act (DEA). The warning comes just hours after BT and Talk Talk were unsu...

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