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- Title
Location Privacy: Who Protects?
- Authors
Cottrill, Caitlin D.
- Abstract
Interest in and concerns related to the issue of privacy in the location-aware environment have been growing as the availability and use of location-based services (LBS) and data have been expanding. Recent events such as "Locationgate" have brought this issue to the forefront of interest for lawmakers, application developers, agencies, and users; however, understanding the varying levels of responsibility for each has been lacking. This article attempts to provide a clear review of the methods by which privacy protection may take place at the levels of law, technology, and management so a better understanding of how a comprehensive approach to privacy protection may take place. While the majority of policy aspects reviewed are U.S.-based, an attempt has been made to provide an overall view of locational privacy policy environments on an international scale as well. It is hoped that this effort will result in a clearer understanding of the ways in which privacy protection efforts should address the related concepts of law, technology, and practice to effectively minimize the risk of privacy harm.
- Subjects
UNITED States; LOCATION-based services; GEOGRAPHIC information systems; ENVIRONMENTAL policy; RIGHT of privacy -- Government policy; INTELLECTUAL freedom; LEGISLATORS; USURY laws
- Publication
Journal of the Urban & Regional Information Systems Association, 2011, Vol 23, Issue 2, p49
- ISSN
1045-8077
- Publication type
Article