The National Police Agency in Korea has proposed to have Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers to be required on all mobiles phones to help when receiving emergency calls.
The agency also wants existing laws to be revised to allow them to automatically track the location of callers phoning police using their mobile phone. An editorial from the Dong-A Ilbo has details on the proposed changes to the current legislation:
The law on location information and its protection stipulates that only the National Emergency Management Agency and the Korea Coast Guard can use the information on individuals` location. That means the information can be read without their consent only in the case of distress and disaster situations such as typhoon, heavy rain, fire and maritime accidents. Police maintain that the law should be revised to cover 112 reports of abduction and disappearance.
They also want to use a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tracking system for children that would be attached to the child's bag or clothing. This idea comes from a trial system at an elementary school in Yokohama City in Japan that was started in December 2005.
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