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May 12, 2015 01:52 am GMT

Woman sues company that allegedly made her use a location-tracking app

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A mandatory app that allows your boss to keep tabs on your exact location at all times may sound like something out of an Orwellian nightmare. But a sales executive in California says she was faced with just that reality.

The California woman filed a lawsuit in the state's Superior Court against her former employer last week, saying she was fired for deleting an app from her phone that allowed her company to constantly monitor her whereabouts — even when she was not working.

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Myrna Arias, the Bakersfield woman who brought the suit, was a sales executive at Intermex, a company that facilitates money transfers, in 2014 Read more...

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