It's my phone, my property. Nobody gets to access it without my permission, period.
And by connecting to ActiveSync you are telling your phone to "do ActiveSync things" and that includes letting it push policies such as "require a PIN/Password" and "be erased when needed". That you didn't know it meant that is not really grounds for saying it's criminal or whatever.
Hey, you know one earthly way you could know about this feature? Asked. "Hey IT people, can I connect my home phone to my work email? What should I know?".
And by connecting to ActiveSync you are telling your phone to "do ActiveSync things" and that includes letting it push policies such as "require a PIN/Password" and "be erased when needed". That you didn't know it meant that is not really grounds for saying it's criminal or whatever.
Hey, you know one earthly way you could know about this feature? Asked. "Hey IT people, can I connect my home phone to my work email? What should I know?".