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European privacy body’s opinion on geolocation services on smartphones

by Rob Bratby — last modified Jun 02, 2011 05:10 PM

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The recently published opinion of the ‘Article 29 Data Protection Working Party’ on ‘Geolocation services on smart mobile devices’ concludes that generally specific opt-in user consent will be required to collect and use geolocation information for information society services.

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