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Worker fired for disabling GPS app that tracked her 24 hours a day
mail ^ | Updated: 18:30 EST, 12 May 2015 | Myriah Towner For Dailymail.com

Posted on 05/13/2015 2:04:06 AM PDT by 9thLife

A California woman claims she was fired after disabling an app with a GPS function that was required to run on her company iPhone and tracked her 24 hours a day.

Myrna Arias was working for money transfer service company, Intermex, last year when she claims her boss, John Stubits, 'bragged that he knew how fast she was driving' at certain times after she had installed the app, Xora, according to the lawsuit.

She then objected to being monitored during non-work hours claiming it was an invasion of her privacy and 'likened the app to a prisoner's ankle bracelet'.

Arias uninstalled the app from her company issued phone in April 2014 before she was fired from her $7,250 a month job as a sales executive on May 5, 2014.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: 7250amonth; apple; california; employer; gps; intermex; ios; iphone; johnstubits; menolikerules; myrnaariasy; surveillance; xora
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To: SkyPilot

They are all set for that.


41 posted on 05/13/2015 8:20:11 AM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: Chickensoup

I use Find My Phone on my kids’ iPhones to track where they are.


42 posted on 05/13/2015 8:21:40 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: G Larry

“She was REQUIRED to be reachable at all times.”

I do understand that... That’s always been the deal when I’ve had a company cell phone as well. But, you know, when they call during Mass, I’m not answering. When they call I’m eating dinner with my wife, I’m not answering. When they call and I’m in the shower, i’m not answering. When they call and I’m asleep, I’m not answering. When I’m driving, it’ll have to wait. And so on.

And if I had location tracking on my company phone, it would either be turned off, battery pulled, or the phone placed in a Faraday bag when I am off duty and wish to be unavailable. Regardless of company expectations.


43 posted on 05/13/2015 9:39:34 AM PDT by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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To: Not gonna take it anymore

Thanks, I hadn’t read the article. That certainly does put a different light on the matter for sure. I think she has a good case then.


44 posted on 05/13/2015 10:18:50 AM PDT by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: markomalley

And that’s why she uninstalled the app.....and was fired.


45 posted on 05/13/2015 10:58:08 AM PDT by G Larry (Obama Hates America, Israel, Capitalism, Freedom, and Christianity.)
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To: who knows what evil?

Was he wearing khakis?


46 posted on 05/13/2015 11:00:25 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: G Larry

“And that’s why she uninstalled the app.....and was fired.”

Per post 6: “It was a company-issued phone...she had no right to install or remove any app without permission of her company.”

The other steps I discussed were those that she could take to preserving her privacy without making unauthorized modifications to company property.


47 posted on 05/13/2015 11:48:06 AM PDT by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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To: markomalley

Is that lined with tin foil?


48 posted on 05/13/2015 1:21:52 PM PDT by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Francis)
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To: 9thLife; Old Sarge; EnigmaticAnomaly; Califreak; kalee; TWhiteBear; freeangel; Godzilla; ...

A California woman claims she was fired after disabling an app with a GPS function that was required to run on her company iPhone and tracked her 24 hours a day.

"...her boss, John Stubits, 'bragged that he knew how fast she was driving' at certain times..."

She then objected to being monitored during non-work hours claiming it was an invasion of her privacy and 'likened the app to a prisoner's ankle bracelet'.

Check out article @ Link.

49 posted on 05/13/2015 9:57:35 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: 9thLife

Seems like the real problem here is with the software reporting location when employees are not on the clock. The software is well configured, this ‘feature” of constantly recording location after hours most likely breaks more than a few state and federal laws.

I wonder if her lawsuit is against the wrong party here.


50 posted on 05/15/2015 6:46:34 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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