Olivia Baxendale

Professional Support Lawyer, Bird & Bird

I am the professional support lawyer in Bird & Bird’s International Employment team in London. I play a key role in keeping colleagues and clients ahead of the curve with employment law developments and market trends. I support the team with legal training and knowhow, contribute to external and internal publications, and facilitate knowledge sharing and collaboration within my team and across our global network.

Before becoming a professional support lawyer, I advised a broad range of clients from start-ups to large multinationals across sectors including retail, technology, hotels and leisure, and the public sector. I have expertise in tribunal litigation, representing clients in high profile, high value tribunal cases. I was seconded for nine months to a global tech company supporting their in-house Employment Counsel across their UK and EMEA operations. I have a special area of interest in diversity, equality and inclusion matters, and looking at employment law through a global lens.

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Ireland—Policy—bring your own device (BYOD)

Precedents

This Precedent is an internal-facing bring your own device (BYOD) policy for use in relation to Irish employees, other workers and contractors (staff), designed to be used with other policies and privacy notices. This particular policy takes into account the requirements under Regulation (EU) 2016/679(GDPR), those in the Data Protection Act 2018 (Ireland) (DPA 2018(IRL)). It is intended for all staff who bring their own computing devices (eg laptops or smartphones) to work and use these to connect to the company’s IT systems. It is in short form and plain, non-technical English so that it can be easily understood. This policy has been drafted to supplement other related policies such as those covering data protection and information security. It will need to be adapted to reflect the technical basis on which access is granted to company IT systems from personal devices.

Ireland - Employment

Policy—bring your own device (BYOD)

Precedents

This Precedent is an internal-facing bring your own device (BYOD) policy for use in relation to employees, other workers and contractors (staff), designed to be used with other policies and privacy notices. This particular policy takes into account the requirements under Assimilated Regulation (EU) 2016/679, UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), those in the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018) and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) guide to the GDPR. It is intended for all staff who bring their own computing devices (eg laptops or smartphones) to work and use these to connect to the company’s IT systems. It is in short form and plain, non-technical English so that it can be easily understood. This policy has been drafted to supplement other related policies such as those covering data protection and information security. It will need to be adapted to reflect the technical basis on which access is granted to company IT systems from personal devices.

Employment