Stay Safe a free iPhone app designed to protect business users at risk of accident or attack was launched today.
Stay Safe allows users to let their colleagues or managers know exactly where they are when help is needed urgently, even if they are unable to use their phone due to accident or attack.
Graham Mills, President of The Survey Association and MD of The Technics Group, and co creator of Stay Safe commented “The app is not only designed to give lone workers greater security, but also to provide those with a duty of care towards them with peace of mind and greater ability to provide assistance should it be needed.”
After setting up a secure pin, users then enter details of meetings or journeys into the app, and set a timer for how long they expect this activity to take. They also select emergency contacts from their phone address book. Once the timer begins, the phone’s GPS location is updated every minute, closely tracking the user’s location. Five minutes before the time set for activity to end, the phone will begin to beep and vibrate to remind the user that they need to cancel the alert or manually extend the timer. If they do not, the app alert will be triggered and emergency contacts will be receive a message via email or text that the user may be at risk. There is also a duress’ PIN that can be entered if the user is forced to cancel the alert by an attacker. Whilst giving the impression that the app has been deactivated, entering the duress PIN will send an alert.