Location Tracking

Location tracking or implanting chips inside of young people’s bodies so parents can know where they are is a very controversial topic. Some of the privacy issues from this proposed technology are that people could know where you are at any point in time; I believe that even young people deserve a right to privacy. I believe that with any law or regulation you need to look at the costs and benefits of the decision and there effect on the larger population. Many people worry about this information getting into the wrong hands, just think if a tech smart predator was able to gain the location of young boys and girls by hacking into some computer program. The other side of the issue is thinking of how this information could be used to benefit people like in the event of an accident or if someone gets lost. As far as parents having the right to choose whether to implant their child with this chip, I believe they have the right to do so, as far as teenagers go once you turn 18 the decision to keep the chip or remove it should be given to the person wearing the chip not the parents. This is the same with other situations as well like needing your parents’ consent or other things that children cannot due on their own. I would not support any government law that made it mandatory to insert these chips into our children; I believe this decision is best made by that child’s parents not some government bureaucrat. I believe that this technology should be made available but not made mandatory by the government people who think the benefits outweigh the costs and vice versa should be the only ones making these decisions.