Just because you work for a company does not necessarily mean that you have to sign your entire life over. Being professional during working hours is a given, but when you clock off, does your employer have the right to continue to monitor your activities? Apparently that is what one company did when they forced employees to enable GPS on an app that they were required to install on their phones.

In fact a woman by the name of Myrna Arias had enough of being tracked that she deleted the app on her phone, which unfortunately led to her being fired by the company she was working work. The app in question is the Xora app and it is basically a job-management app which users use to “clock in” and it seems that Arias’ firing has led to a lawsuit against her former employer.

According to Arias, she did not mind the fact that she was being monitored at work, but did not appreciate that she was still monitored after work. Part of the complaint reads, “She likened the app to a prisoner’s ankle bracelet and informed Stubits that his actions were illegal. Stubits replied that she should tolerate the illegal intrusion.”

John Stubits, her boss, at one point even bragged about how he could tell how fast she was driving based on the monitoring. He had also reportedly scolded her when she uninstalled the app. Arias is currently seeking $500,000 in damages with the lawsuit claiming invasion of privacy, retaliation, and unfair business practices amongst other allegations.

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