📱 Geofencing: Philosophy of Operations in Take5™️ Connect
Take5™️ Connect employs geofencing technology to enhance site safety and compliance through automated location-based features. This guide outlines how our geofencing solution operates, ensuring transparency, privacy, and efficiency.
🔐 Core Principles
Our geofencing feature creates virtual boundaries around specific geographical locations, known as “geofences.” When your device enters or exits these boundaries, certain actions or events are triggered within the app, such as automatic sign-in and sign-out at designated work locations.
⚙️ How It Works
- Location Permission: To enable geofencing, the application requires permission to access your device’s location even when the app is running in the background. This is typically the “Always Allow” setting on both Android and iOS devices. This permission is essential for the operating system to monitor your location against the defined geofences at all times.
- Geofence Data: Once you grant the necessary location permission, after logging in, the app downloads the geofences relevant to your user account and stores them locally on your device. These geofences define the specific work locations or areas where the app’s location-based features are active.
- Operating System Monitoring: The technology plugin leverages your device’s operating system to continuously monitor your location in relation to these locally stored geofences. This monitoring is designed to be battery-conscious, using motion detection to optimize location checks and minimize power consumption.
🔵 Background Location Indicator
To ensure transparency, the Take5™️Connect app may display a persistent location indicator on your device—a blue pill at the top of your iOS screen or an ongoing notification on Android. This is a required privacy feature by Apple and Google that cannot be removed, designed to ensure you’re always aware when apps access your location in the background. This transparency measure protects your privacy and enhances the reliability of our geofencing system, which only records your location when entering or exiting designated work sites, not continuously.
🧠 Privacy and Battery Efficiency
We prioritize user privacy and device performance:
- Minimal Data Collection: The app only records your location when entering or exiting designated work sites, not continuously.
- Battery-Conscious Design: The geofencing system is optimized to minimize battery consumption by using motion detection to optimize location checks.
📞 Need Help?
If you encounter any issues or need further assistance:
📧 Email: support@take5connect.com
📞 Phone (NZ): 0800 582 535