The grey
The unclear parts
Where the written rule and the operative one are furthest apart, and where the honest version is easier to write than it looks.
Personal Use, Honestly
Everybody does it, every policy restricts it, and nobody has ever been disciplined for it alone. Writing what is actually true is easier than it looks.
The Second Screen at Home
Company equipment in somebody's house raises questions no policy covers, and the answers are mostly matters of decency rather than rules.
Family and Shared Spaces
Policies assume one user and a closed door. A large share of home working happens with neither, and the realistic controls are small.
Out of Hours
Company equipment is present outside working hours by design, and the policy says nothing about what that means for either party.
Side Projects on Company Kit
The clause most likely to be read as a claim over somebody's own work, and the one most worth getting precisely right.
The Device at a Conference or Abroad
Equipment leaves the usual environment and the usual assumptions stop holding. Three situations, each with a small practical answer.
What Counts as Work
Several clauses depend on a distinction between work and not-work that the modern arrangement has largely dissolved.