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Phone cams earn locker-room bans

Andrew Colley | June 11, 2003 10:51 PM PDT

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Andrew Colley, Hardware
Sharply rising takeup of multi-media mobile phones and other devices with visual recording capabilities is sparking heated debate over privacy issues, with sports centers urged to ban the use of mobile phones in change-rooms. Citing the need to protect people's privacy, the YMCA today recommended all its facilities introduce the ban after initiating one at 110 of its Victorian sports and aquatic centers.

The Royal Life Saving Society of Australia today publicly supported the recommendation for the first time, revealing it had quietly alerted the aquatic industry to its concerns over the use of mobile phones with visual recording capabilities three months ago. Read the full story on ZDNet Australia.

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