If you are issued the computer to take outside of work, does that give you the right to use it for nonbusiness tasks? What types of restrictions might a company put on personal software use? If the company computer has software on it that you don't have on your computer, is it OK to use the software outside of work hours and save your files on your own flash drive? If you are issued the computer to take outside of work, does that give you the right to use it for nonbusiness tasks? What types of restrictions might a company put on personal software use? If the company computer has software on it that you don't have on your computer, is it OK to use the software outside of work hours and save your files on your own flash drive