The doubt arose with a client who has maintenance crews going from site to site: "I want to know if the technician clocked in while standing at the client's site or from their living room sofa. Can I ask for their location when they clock in?". The short answer is yes, but with conditions. The long answer is that a person's location is personal data protected by Law 25.326, and using it incorrectly exposes you to a claim. Here I explain what the Argentine regulation allows you to do and where the line is that you shouldn't cross.
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Clocking-in with geolocation in Argentina: how to comply with Law 25.326
Can you require your employees to clock in with geolocation in Argentina? What Law 25.326 on Data Protection allows and prohibits: consent, legitimate purpose, and proportionality without falling into illegal tracking.
June 22, 20268 min de lectura read
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