"washington post" reporter brian fung joins me now with more on this from washington, d.c. brian fung, many reporters following this story. first of all get some of us up to speed. what's happened what is the company what are they doing why she's suing? >> the company that's involved is imrnex, wire transfer services. the woman involved her name is myrna arias. she's suing her employer because her employer installed a type of software on her phone that will allegedly track her even when she's not on the clock. so the employee here arias said this was an invasion of her privacy and she deleted the app and her employer decided to fire her. it's a matter for the courts to decide who's right here. >> sreenivasan: the idea of tracking isn't necessarily new. gps has been around for a long time.

brian fung, many reporters following this story. first of all get some of us up to speed. what's happened what is the company what are they doing why she's suing? >> the company that's involved is imrnex, wire transfer services. the woman involved her name is myrna arias. she's suing her employer because her employer installed a type of software on her phone that will allegedly track her even when she's not on the clock. so the employee here arias said this was an invasion of her privacy and she deleted the app and her employer decided to fire her. it's a matter for the courts to decide who's right here. >> sreenivasan: the idea of tracking isn't necessarily new. gps has been around for a long time. smartphones and apps have been around for a long time. why is this piercing our interest bubble right now? >> you're absolutely right. we have had this technology for a long time. employers have long tracked people through gps in their cars. now that we have smartphones everywhere and they are so ubiquitous, it is so easy to track people through their cell phones than in their