[adamsbriscoe]

Once upon a time I worked on a mobile app that was to be used by the VA to help with the management of medical trainees. I thought it was routine stuff (time logging, policy directories, etc)...

They actually wanted a system that would do that stuff too, but behind the scenes it would track the location of each user down to the room they were in. The administrators were suspicious that residents/trainees were sneaking off premises to "work from Starbucks" and they wanted ammunition to use against the sponsoring institutions to revoke payments (which go to resident salaries)... They weren't the slightest bit worried about the legal, moral, or safety implications. It never crossed their minds at all. (They never got what they wanted, at least not from me.)

[Spooky23]

It's an example of why collective bargaining is important in your relationship with a big company.

Standard terms dictated by an employer and accepted by the employee are that you have no expectation of privacy, period. With modern EDR tools and smartphones, even less sophisticated companies can do big-brother stuff that only a relative few could years ago.