Aggregated age,gender and location data if by EE over 12 months to create detailed picture of how different people used London tourist hotspotVisitors to Hyde Park, one of London’s most famous tourist spots, or were covertly tracked via their mobile phone signals in a trial undertaken by the Royal Parks to analyse footfall amid drastic funding cuts. Officials were able to retrospectively locate park-goers for 12 months using anonymised mobile phone data if by the network operator EE via a third party. Related: London garden bridge users to acquire mobile phone signals tracked Related: BBC News staff voice concern over corporation tracking mobile devices Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com