Tuesday, 21 June 2016

Misuse of Location Data

The advanced mobile applications able to detect the users current location based using a combination of GPS coordinates with the ID of the nearest mobile tower, called as location data. This may acts as a useful way for users to find way out when they are missing, but this could lead to the invasion of privacy some app providers and developers sell their users' location data to marketing companies for targeted advertising. Several UK regulations are used to protect the users and allow users to setting off their location to hide them in the crowd and protect their privacy (Misuse of Location Data | Taylor Wessing LLP, 2016).

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