Do you lock your PC monitor in work when stepping away?

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Anytime I’m stepping away from my monitor, for example, if I’m going on my tea break or nipping to the loo, I always lock my monitor.

I’d like to think my colleagues would be more mature, but I wouldn’t like the idea of them going on my account whilst I’m away and looking through my files and emails, some are confidential.

I don’t ever really see my colleagues lock their monitors when they step away, they always seem to just leave them open and anyone could access their accounts.

Do people actually lock their monitors or is it just me?

Windows+L every time. And log out of the printer as well

Mandatory, we deal with some pretty sensitive stuff. And a disciplinary potentially. Along with letting anyone tailgate you onto a site.

Yes, even though I work alone in a room with a key coded door - it’s just drummed in from years of doing it.

Yes, in case anyone comes past and clocks I'm on Mumsnet.

yes! I work in a highly regulated industry we have to!!

Yes, it’s a habit I picked up during the days I worked in call centres. No office I’ve worked in has ever told me to do it though, and I do payroll.

You are responsible for your login and therefore cannot guarantee what will happen when not you're not at it. I worked somewhere where an employee used another colleague's login to tell a director what they thought of him. Guess who got sacked? The person who hadn't locked their PC - for breach of data protection and confidentiality

At the office, not really. At home, yes, my cat recently finished and sent an email I was in the middle of when I was getting a cup of coffee. He has also deleted meetings.

Yes, I lock it every time. I work in HR so have to be careful.

Yep. It's a requirement of the ISO accreditation and if you're spot checked you can easily lose that. If we did we'd lose our biggest client and we'd all lose our jobs so really not worth the risk.

rarely. You'd have to dig for a long time in my files to find anything sensitive.

This is hilarious. I’m just picturing your cat replacing the meetings with “nap time” blocks on your schedule 😊

Yes absolutely. I work on items of commercial sensitivity and HR are allocated the next bank of desks so we have to.

Even when I WFH I do it, as it is ingrained into me.

I am obviously old skool. Ctrl+alt+del then enter!

I'd have to have my work IT access set up first! (But yes when they ever get onto it)

Not at home (no-one else around) but always in work automatically, but nhs so obviously mandatory.

Yes, always.

Yes. I work in my own office but always try to lock the computer and shut the office when I leave.

I am NHS so patient information could be accessible.

Its just a shame it takes me average 3 attempts to enter my password correctly to get back in😬 Takes me even longer if someone is Skyping me and I know I’m against the clock🤣

Yes absolutely I do! I work for the NHS.

Everywhere I've worked, this has been a requirement - usually covered by the relevant data protection / acceptable use policy.

The last (open plan) office I worked in, it was a disciplinary offence if you didn't !
Now I work in a school,it is common sense!

Yes, and I lock my office door when I go to the bathroom (not when I go to the kitchen, it’s opposite so I’d see if anyone went in.)

I have to keep hard copies of some very sensitive records, and there are non-staff members who walk up and down the hallway where my office is, so I’m very careful about keeping it secure

This is exactly the same for me too!

Yes because of safeguarding.

Yes we have to

It's pretty slack for it not to be required by company policy!