Free BYOD Policy Template (UK)
Four essential clauses for an audit-defensible BYOD scheme — Purpose & Scope, Definitions, Acceptable Use, Security Baseline. Drop in your company name, sign, adopt. Aligned to UK GDPR, ISO 27001 Annex A.8.1 and the ACAS Code of Practice.
Quick answer. The free UK BYOD policy template below contains four foundational clauses (Purpose & Scope, Definitions, Acceptable Use, Security Baseline) primary-source cited to ICO, ACAS and ISO/IEC 27001:2022. Enter your email and the template arrives in your inbox within a minute, plus a short note on how to adopt it. The full 7-clause audit-ready version — with MDM configuration, lost-device procedure and leaver wipe workflow — is £39.99 one-off or sits inside the £400 IT Security pack.
What you get in the free BYOD template
Four clauses covering the policy half of an ISO 27001 Annex A.8.1 BYOD control. In our experience this is enough for an internal-only IT estate; an external audit or enterprise vendor review will also ask for the MDM configuration baseline and the leaver wipe procedure — both ship in the £39.99 upgrade.
- Clause 1 — Purpose & Scope. Voluntary participation, in-scope device list, alternative company-issued device offer.
- Clause 2 — Definitions. Personal device, BYOD scheme, MDM, work profile, selective wipe — all with the operational meaning auditors expect.
- Clause 3 — Acceptable Use. Six required user behaviours (enrolment, container-only access, OS support, security updates, four-hour lost-device reporting, evidence cooperation) and five prohibitions (no jailbreak, no MDM disable, no data exfiltration, no family-member access, no post-employment use).
- Clause 4 — Security Baseline. Identity controls, storage encryption, OS support matrix (iOS, Android, macOS, Windows), VPN/zero-trust network rules, device-integrity attestation.
Trust & quality
Quick answer. The template is drafted by the same editorial team behind PolicySuite's 988-policy catalogue across 197 frameworks and 8 jurisdictions. Many UK SMEs typically pay a consultancy £400–£1,500 for a single BYOD policy — for example, an SRA-regulated solicitor-drafted version typically runs at the upper end. The free version covers the foundational structure; the £39.99 upgrade is what survives external audit. Primary-source cited to ICO, ACAS Code of Practice, legislation.gov.uk and ISO/IEC 27001:2022.
📄 Send me the free BYOD template
You'll get both formats in your inbox within a minute — a typeset PDF for printing and an editable Word .docx for dropping in your company name. No card, no upsell wall.
How the free template differs from the full version
The free version is four clauses, the full version is seven. The leaver wipe workflow — the single clause auditors most often ask about — is in the £39.99 version, not the free one. A representative consultancy quote for a single bespoke BYOD policy is £400–£1,500; the £39.99 single-policy SKU is therefore a 10–38× cost reduction with the same audit-readiness.
- Free (this page) — Clauses 1–4. Suitable for internal-only IT estates with no external audit obligation.
- £39.99 single-policy SKU — Clauses 1–7. Adds MDM configuration baseline, incident response & lost-device procedure, ACAS-aligned leaver wipe, plus employee acknowledgement form. Ships as native .docx and typeset .pdf.
- £400 IT Security pack — the BYOD policy above plus 12 sibling policies (Acceptable Use, Access Control, Password, Remote Working, Incident Response, etc.) that share a common style and cross-reference each other.
Questions about this template
Is this really free?
Yes. The 4-clause template is free and arrives in your inbox within a minute. No card, no subscription. We ask for an email so we can send the file and a short note on how to adopt it.
What's in the free version vs the £39.99 version?
Free covers Purpose & Scope, Definitions, Acceptable Use, Security Baseline — enough for an internal IT estate. The £39.99 version adds MDM/containerisation configuration, lost-device procedure, the ACAS-aligned leaver wipe workflow, and the employee acknowledgement form — the clauses external audits ask about.
Can I edit the template?
Yes. You'll receive both a typeset PDF and a native Word .docx by email. Open the .docx in Word, Google Docs, or LibreOffice; replace the bracketed placeholders like [Company] and [Document owner]; save and ship. No DRM, no template-tracking pixels.
Will this satisfy ISO 27001 Annex A.8.1?
For Annex A.8.1 (User endpoint devices), auditors look for a documented BYOD policy, an enrolment baseline, and evidence of selective-wipe capability. The free version covers the policy half; the £39.99 upgrade adds the configuration and leaver-wipe evidence.