Commission urged to provide phone-tracking technology

THE European Commission is being urged to provide a safeguard for parents in the development of new technology which would allow them track their children’s whereabouts using mobile phones.

The system allows parents to buy a special chip to attach to their child’s mobile. The device would pinpoint the location of the phone within an accuracy of 10 metres.

It is similar to the signal locator used in tracking the location of Robert Holohan’s mobile phone.