Does Zoho People track your location or activity?
Only if your employer turns it on, and only during work hours. Zoho People can capture location when you check in, block check-ins outside a geo-fenced area, and on Professional and higher plans track location through the mobile app between check-in and check-out. Zoho's help pages do not describe screen or keystroke monitoring.
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Zoho People is HR software. Its main jobs are employee records, leave, attendance, shifts, timesheets and performance reviews. Location features exist to support attendance, and an administrator decides whether to use them. There are two separate features worth knowing about: geo restrictions on where you can check in, and location tracking during working hours.
Geo restrictions let an admin draw an area on a map, such as an office, and limit where employees can mark attendance, start timesheet timers or access files. Zoho's help pages say check-ins from outside the boundary are blocked. For web check-ins Zoho reads the browser's location, which it warns can be inaccurate, so it recommends the mobile app, which uses the phone's GPS.
Location tracking is a separate feature for field staff. Zoho's help pages say it works through the Zoho People mobile app, only between check-in and check-out, at an interval the admin sets, such as every 15 minutes. Tracking stops when you check out or take a break. You must grant location permission, and Zoho advises choosing 'while using the app'. It is listed on Professional and higher plans and is enabled by contacting Zoho support.
Does Zoho People track activity? It records attendance, timesheet hours and leave. Zoho's help documentation does not describe screenshots, keystroke logging or app and website usage monitoring in Zoho People. If you are unsure what your employer has enabled, ask HR; local privacy and employment laws may also require them to tell you.
Key points
- Location features are optional and set by the employer
- Geo-fencing can block check-ins outside a set area
- Mobile location tracking runs only between check-in and check-out
- Tracking is on Professional and higher plans, at the time of writing
- No screen or keystroke monitoring described in Zoho's help pages
Common questions
Does Zoho People track activity?
It records attendance, timesheets and leave. Zoho's help pages do not describe screenshots, keystroke logging or website monitoring in Zoho People.
Does Zoho People track my location after I check out?
No. Zoho's help pages say location tracking runs only between check-in and check-out and ends when you check out.
Can I stop Zoho People from seeing my location?
You can turn off location permission on your phone, but if your employer uses geo-fencing or tracking, check-ins may fail or you may be checked out automatically.
How does geo-fencing work in Zoho People?
An admin draws allowed areas on a map. Attendance, timesheet timers or file access attempted outside those areas are blocked.
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