Car tracker devices 'drive employees over edge'


	Car tracker devices 'drive employees over edge'

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9-28-2008 8:23 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6f6b78dc-8056-49ce-9b26-d73ff3cae852/CFCB3CA7-F576-4EB6-9EB0-E1D1AA3768A2/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztech/car-tracker-devices-drive-employees-over-edge/2008/09/11/1220857708022.html?page=fullpage" href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztech/car-tracker-devices-drive-employees-over-edge/2008/09/11/1220857708022.html?page=fullpage" style="font-size: 11px;">www.theage.com.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztech/car-tracker-devices-drive-employees-over-edge/2008/09/11/1220857708022.html?page=fullpage"><HEADLINE>Car tracker devices 'drive employees over edge'</HEADLINE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztech/car-tracker-devices-drive-employees-over-edge/2008/09/11/1220857708022.html?page=fullpage"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.theage.com.au/img/4BEED168-FB10-4F81-85EF-E5C9C4AAFF38" alt="View from the top ... employers can watch their workers' every move from GoFinder's web-based dashboard." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztech/car-tracker-devices-drive-employees-over-edge/2008/09/11/1220857708022.html?page=fullpage"><P>Employers are fitting out their fleets of company cars with
invasive GPS tracking systems despite claims the technology
unnecessarily invades staff privacy and contributed to the suicide
of a Telstra linesman last year.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztech/car-tracker-devices-drive-employees-over-edge/2008/09/11/1220857708022.html?page=fullpage"><P>One such tracker, the GoFinder Reporter, sends employers
detailed daily time sheets showing every stop made, parked time,
driving time, distance covered, maximum speed and even an estimate
of the amount of fuel used. Each location can be displayed on a
street map or Google Earth.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztech/car-tracker-devices-drive-employees-over-edge/2008/09/11/1220857708022.html?page=fullpage"><P>The owner of a Sydney tree removal company, who did not wish to
be named because he does not tell staff they are being monitored,
said the device allowed him to assign jobs to his five workers
spontaneously throughout the day.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztech/car-tracker-devices-drive-employees-over-edge/2008/09/11/1220857708022.html?page=fullpage"><P>It also ensured none of them accepted extra work on the side for
cash without telling him. He did not believe he was being unethical
or breaking the law.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/CFCB3CA7-F576-4EB6-9EB0-E1D1AA3768A2/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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