Does the company you are working to track your every move, even AFTER you left the office for the day? If your organization has provided you a working phone, then it is quite possible that you spy! A mobile application that is used by many companies to monitor and track their employees in the field has propelled a business Intermex under the spotlight for allegedly infringing the right of an employee to privacy.
Former employee Intermex, Myrna Arias says the money transfer company for violating his privacy and unfair dismissal after being dismissed for uninstall application, Xora streetsmart, the company allegedly asked him to download his work phone so that they can monitor and control its movements.
According to Arias, his boss John Stubits "boasted that he knew how fast she was driving" and that he "said he used the program to continuously monitor it during the company and personal time "
According to the complaint, Arias was necessary to keep his work phone throughout the day - .. 24 hours, 7 days a week to take customer calls
the application, Xora, has a capacity of GPS which, of course, has been around for years. The application is used by companies whose employees work off-site, for example, FedEx drivers to ensure they take the fastest routes, not to relax.
Speaking to the Washington Post, Jay Stanley of the American Civil Liberties Union said: "Employers have legitimate reasons for monitoring their workers, but too often that this kind of monitoring spread into the private parts of their lives. "
do you think it is good for any business to track and monitor its employees 24/7? Surely this encroaching employees' right to privacy?
Arias has no objection to be monitored during work hours, but is now claiming damages of $ 500,000 for loss of income and damages for invasion of privacy.
is there anything that does not follow and monitor our every move, seduce us with delicious candy, we offer huge savings in exchange for our data? it is so Orwellian
Just when you think you left the office for the day, the office follows you - from dusk to dawn! There's nowhere to run to baby, nowhere to hide!
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