Editing Electronic tagging (section)

== Non-justice-system uses ==
=== Medical and health ===
The use of electronic monitoring in medical practice, especially as it relates to the tagging of the elderly and people with [[dementia]], has generated controversy and media attention.<ref name="BBC_Alzheimers">{{cite news |publisher=BBC News |title=Electronic tagging for Alzheimer's |date=27 September 2002 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2284537.stm}}</ref> Elderly people in care homes can be tagged with the same electronic monitors used to keep track of young offenders. For people suffering from dementia, electronic monitoring might be beneficially used to prevent them from wandering away.<ref name="BBC_Alzheimers"/> The controversy regarding medical use relates to two arguments, one about the safety of the patients and the other about their privacy and human rights.<ref name="Hughes and Louw 2002">{{cite journal| author1=Julian C Hughes |author2=Stephen J Louw |title=Electronic Tagging of People with Dementia who Wander: Ethical Considerations are Possibly more Important than Practical Benefits |year=2002 |volume=325 |issue=7369 |journal=British Medical Journal |pages=847–848 |doi=10.1136/bmj.325.7369.847 |pmid=12386013 |pmc=1124366}}</ref> At over 40%, there is a high prevalence of [[Wandering (dementia)|wandering]] among patients with dementia. Of the several methods deployed to keep them from wandering, it is reported that 44% of wanderers with dementia have been kept behind closed doors at some point.<ref>McShane R et al, 'Getting Lost in Dementia: A Longitudinal Study of a Behavioral Symptom' (1998) 5 International Psychogeriatrics 239﹘245</ref> Other solutions have included constant surveillance, use of makeshift alarms and, the use of various drugs that carry the risk of adverse effects.<ref name="Hughes and Louw 2002"/>

=== Commercial ===
Smartphones feature location-based apps to use information from [[global positioning system]] (GPS) networks to determine the phone's approximate location.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202588 | title=IOS 6: Understanding Location Services}}</ref>

=== Parental ===
A company in Japan has created GPS-enabled uniforms and backpacks. School children in distress can hit a button on electronic devices in their uniforms or backpacks, immediately summoning a security agent to their location.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Katz |first1=Leslie |title=GPS-enabled school uniforms hit Japan |url=http://www.cnet.com/news/gps-enabled-school-uniforms-hit-japan/ |access-date=14 April 2005}}</ref>

=== Vehicular ===
[[Public transport]] vehicles are outfitted with electronic monitoring devices that communicate with GPS systems, tracking their location. App developers have integrated this technology with [[mobile app]]s. Now, passengers are able to receive accurate public transit timetables.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Shakibaei|first1=Bambui|title=Real time GPS locations on transport apps|date=15 January 2013|url=https://transportsydney.wordpress.com/2013/01/16/real-time-gps-locations-on-transport-apps/|access-date=31 May 2015}}</ref>