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Companies are using fitness trackers to monitor employees, but does it invade your privacy?

Posted on February 20, 2019June 25, 2025 by Dissent

Christopher Rowland reports:

On his 21st day back at work after a heart attack and triple bypass surgery, Chris Zubko received a call from the main office. Through an app on his phone, his boss was literally monitoring every step of Zubko’s recovery.

“Man! I noticed your steps have picked up,” gushed Wayne Gono, 65, whose family operates Regal Plastics, a small fabrication business with satellite shops around Texas. “You used to be under 2,000, now you’re over 6,000. Two times you worked out this week. Good!”

Welcome to a rapidly growing phenomenon in the workplace: constant health surveillance.

Read more on The Virginian-Pilot.

h/t, Joe Cadillic

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