Do authorities have the right to check software on laptops if an employee claims that this is his personal laptop?

Question

Law in IT

Do authorities have the right to check software on laptops if an employee claims that this is his personal laptop?
I and another employee work with us on personal laptops, on which there is no question of licensed software - will there be any problems in this regard in the event of a check?
And question number 2: do I have the right to store distributions of programs, in particular, the images of the Win OS installation disks, on the server?

Answer 1

1. They may well withdraw for examination "for the company" with other equipment. The fact that this is a personal laptop is at the workplace has yet to be proven. Responsibility will be borne by employees personally, and not by a legal entity.
2. Generally, the license agreement allows one copy to be made for archival purposes. Look in the license text of your distributions.

Answer 2

It will also be a violation to use programs for business purposes if they are licensed for the end user.

Answer 3

They have, they don't have - what's the difference, they will take it for sure.