When you ring 111, a new system will let emergency services track your locationStacy Squires The new system will allow emergency services to track the location of 111 callers without their consent. Emergency services will automatically trace the locations of 111 callers under new rules set to be put in place by the Privacy Commissioner. READ MORE:* Push for GPS data during 111 calls* Smartphone app to transmit 111 caller's location* Deaf community gets 111 text serviceGPS services are more accurate. More than a million emergency calls are transferred to emergency services every year. Coroner Ian Smith called for more co-operation between telcos and emergency services in 2013 after a man who had called 111 died after emergency services could not determine his location.

Source: Stuff January 31, 2017 03:29 UTC