Is your boss tracking your location from your smartphone?

Name: Is your boss tracking your location from your smartphone?
Uploaded: 2015-05-17T21:05:03Z
Duration: P238S
Description: If you own a smartphone, there's a chance you're being tracked by your boss, as more companies reportedly use GPS technology to monitor the whereabouts of their employees -- even when they're off the clock. That was the case for one worker who turned off the GPS in her phone and got fired. Now, she's taking her ex-employers to court. Brian Fung, a reporter for The Washington Post, discusses.

Clip: 05/16/2015 | 3m 58s

If you own a smartphone, there's a chance you're being tracked by your boss, as more companies reportedly use GPS technology to monitor the whereabouts of their employees -- even when they're off the clock. That was the case for one worker who turned off the GPS in her phone and got fired. Now, she's taking her ex-employers to court. Brian Fung, a reporter for The Washington Post, discusses.

Aired: 05/16/15

Rating: NR

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Is your boss tracking your location from your smartphone?

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