NO - Alex Dowty, council member of the Children's Rights Alliance for England
It's a silly idea. The technology is not that accurate so your parent wouldn't be able to tell whether you're in a crack house or sewing hassocks.
Anyway, all you would have to do to avoid your parents finding out where you were would be to give your phone to a mate. It would be a great way of making money: 2 a whizz to take a load of phones to Scouts for a couple of hours. It would soon add up. Kids have as much right to privacy as anyone else.
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