Did you read the article or just the heading? It answers everything that you raised.
@jirskyr said:
No the article says “could” seize computers and phones and does not elaborate under what circumstances that would be possible and from whom.
The unit’s new and revised powers, which will be sent to all 16 NRL clubs this week, include:
*Confiscating computer data or smartphones for the purpose of an investigation;
*Providing the integrity unit “full and free access’’ to a club premises and “any other place where records are kept’’;
*Cracking down on breaches in relation to social media, including prohibiting “the display or transmission of any message that vilifies, intimidates or harasses a person’’, as well as prohibiting “the display or dissemination of sexually explicit or obscene images’’; and
*Requiring clubs to stump up any email or written communication in connection with a player or an official’s conduct.
@jirskyr said:
Or perhaps they have the right to cease your employment if you don’t hand in the phone, like drugs tests.
*The Daily Telegraph* understands if clubs refuse to co-operate, the NRL would consider it a breach of the rules, with the risk of a maximum $1 million fine in the most serious of cases.