Does Hellotracks track phone numbers?
We do not track phone numbers! Hellotracks gathers business data using GPS chips that are present in all phones and tablets. We use phone numbers as a tool to connect the correct GPS chip to the team member's profile. Your information will not be tracked without your consent!
Any Hellotracks team member can turn off their tracking with a simple tap.
*Note: Below is some more information on how tracking works offline.
There are apps for mobile devices (smartphones, etc.) that will contain all the maps for your region within themselves so they can use the GPS chip and use their internal maps to show you your location. This is very useful when you are in areas that do not have any internet access, so you have your own maps:
- Without internet access, the built-in navigation app on smartphones will show you a blank display because they do not have a way to download a map of your area.
- The app will temporarily cache the local map when you are connected to the internet. Then if you travel to an area that does not have internet access, your navigation app will calculate your new location. But only if it happens to be within the range of the map that it had recently cached.
- This caching mechanism has fooled many users into thinking that mobile navigation is erratic, but in fact, it is perfectly logical from a systems point of view.