Nathan Platt, a Pennsylvania attorney practicing technology law, says these location tools raise several issues when used in a corporate setting. Location information could be used to determine when an employee visits a doctor, which would be a violation of HIPAA regulations. And location information might be abused, say, in the case of managers repeatedly tracking employees into the snack area or fitness center as part of an effort to negatively impact that employee's annual evaluation. Finally, Platt says, the notion of "evidence in plain view" might be changed, since, by yielding information about your location, you might be expanding the court's definition of what you have placed in plain view. This is an important consideration under Fourth Amendment search and seizure rules.
Post time 2007-4-5 12:28:31
Jack
