ultimatejester
10-21-2003, 09:09 PM
HELSINKI, Finland (Reuters) -- Finland has proposed a new law that would let parents track the movements of their young children via mobile phone, even without their consent, in a move that could set an EU benchmark in privacy and handset use.
The proposal is part of new law on privacy in electronic communications and could still be changed in parliament hearings, although the Nordic country's coalition government accepted it unanimously this week.
Parliament will likely start discussing the proposal early in November, but state officials and politicians said it was too early to estimate when the law could be passed..........
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The proposal is part of new law on privacy in electronic communications and could still be changed in parliament hearings, although the Nordic country's coalition government accepted it unanimously this week.
Parliament will likely start discussing the proposal early in November, but state officials and politicians said it was too early to estimate when the law could be passed..........
Read the Full Story (http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/10/17/sprj.ws.track.teens.phone.reut/index.html)