Mobile Phone Tracking May be Opt-In
"Enhanced 911" service alerts police to the location of a mobile phone when the user dials 911. This location tracking technology may increase safety, but it may also enable marketers, government, and others to monitor the travels of persons who use wireless devices. Wireless industry groups are considering an opt-in standard for commercial tracking of mobile devices to address privacy problems.Privacy-US Wireless Firms Choose Opt-in to Protect Privacy, Washtech (Reuters), June 5, 2001.
