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Location Privacy

What is Location Privacy?

The protection of information about an individual's physical movements and geographic position from unauthorized collection and use.

Privacy and Data Protection

Frameworks that govern location privacy

ISO 27001:2022View framework →NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5View framework →GDPRView framework →

What the standards actually require on location privacy

Requirements naming location privacy across this standard, quoted from the control text.

ITU-T X.805 - Security Architecture for End-to-End Communications1 control

Security Dimension 8 Privacy per X.805 Clause 6.8: Privacy provides protection of information that might be derived from the observation of network activities.

X805-Dim8-Privacy-Identification-Network-Activity-Personal-Information-Confidentiality · ITU-T X.805 Security Dimension 8 - Privacy + Identification of Network Activity + Personal Information Confidentiality + Subscriber Anonymity + Pseudonymity + Anti-Tracking + Location Privacy + Data Minimization + GDPR/CCPA Alignment →

Questions people ask about location privacy

What is Location Privacy?
The protection of information about an individual's physical movements and geographic position from unauthorized collection and use.
Why is Location Privacy important for compliance?
Location Privacy is a key concept in Privacy and Data Protection. Understanding location privacy helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Location Privacy?
Location Privacy appears in the requirement text of ITU-T X.805 - Security Architecture for End-to-End Communications. Across these standards we have identified 1 control that names it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Location Privacy?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how location privacy applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.