In 2009 National Patient Transport sent an email to all the staff stating that the company was going to install devices in their ambulance similar to the systems that the emergency service had for the sole use of eliminating all the radio transmissions which would help dispatch jobs faster and to eliminate all privacy issues that a radio transmission can cause. The first step they claim was going to be the installation of the GPS tracking device followed by the rest of the system.
Because of their claims why they had to install GPS (been part of their operational requirements) they felt they never had to ask for our express or implied consent neither did they ever notified us of our rights under the privacy laws. They just force the placement of the GPS on their ambulance.
Looking back from 2009 until now that system that the company supposedly meant to install never happened, instead they maintained a GPS system that was solely kept to track and control the position and movement of their staff. Did you ever get a phone call testing your honesty and trying to catch you on a lie of your whereabouts while they were monitoring you on the GPS system?
Did you ever felt you were harassed by Mr. Clyde when you were approached or when you received a phone call or when you were sent an email questioning your honesty because he felt the information he obtained from the GPS were telling him a different story? Did you ever believe the GPS system was used against you as a weapon to intimidate you and harass you? Did you ever had a running with Mr. Clyde and then no long after you were intimidate by getting asked to please explain against the GPS information?
8 Regulation of installation, use and maintenance of tracking devices
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person must not knowingly install, use or maintain a tracking device to determine the geographical location of a person or an object—
(a) in the case of a device to determine the location of a person, without the express or implied consent of that person; or
(b) in the case of a device to determine the location of an object, without the express or implied consent of a person in lawful possession or having lawful control of that object.
Penalty:
In the case of a natural person, level 7 imprisonment (2 years maximum) or a level 7 fine (240 penalty units maximum) or both;
In the case of a body corporate, 1200 penalty units.
Here some external links.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/sda1999210/s8.html
National Patient Transport 