Corporate Investigative Ethics

[Kitsune]

Originally Posted by yesman065

Wow was the laptop AT the place of employment? Did it contain work related material, was it used for work? Was the "illegal" stuff downloaded on personal or private time.

I have no answers, just more questions, but it would seem that if it was done on company time - that would be an issue and/or if it was brought into the workplace where others had the opportunity to see it.

Very good, very important questions. The investigator walks in with no knowledge of the laptop, no evidence that the laptop was being used on company time for work material or not, and no evidence that the laptop was being used for the illegal (or not) activities -- only the desktop has logged questionable material on the network.