>- does legal ownership of the computer mean the company has carte blanche rights to all its contents?
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>Yes!!!
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>- if the contents will become important in a legal dispute does special care need to be taken that its contents are not tampered with after access is achieved?
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>Yes!!!
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>The last thing I want to do is open myself up to getting sued by the former employee for making this PC accessible to the company (which will likely be his legal adversary).
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>He doesn't have legal ground.
Ah, nice and simple - I like that!
Are you a lawyer? < g >
Regards. Al
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