GOOGLE'S LATITUDE PHONE TRACKING SYSTEM

EDM number 1004 in 2008-09, proposed by Tom Brake on 09/03/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Internet and cybercrime and Privacy.

That this House expresses concern at the new Google phone tracking system called Latitude, which makes available location data on a time-to-time or continuous basis; warns that such a device could substantially endanger user privacy; agrees with Privacy International's report which declares that `Latitude appears to present an immediate privacy threat'; believes that Google has created an unnecessary danger to user privacy; and urges the Government to examine the privacy implications of Google Latitude and to take action to ensure that Latitude does not represent a privacy threat.

This motion has been signed by a total of 28 MPs.