Set by the law · ePrivacy Directive Art. 2(c)
Location data and geolocation
In plain English
Information about where a device, and so its user, is. Under the ePrivacy Directive, telecoms location data other than traffic data may only be processed anonymously or with consent for a value added service.
The official text
‘location data’ means any data processed in an electronic communications network or by an electronic communications service, indicating the geographic position of the terminal equipment of a user of a publicly available electronic communications service
Where location data other than traffic data, relating to users or subscribers of public communications networks or publicly available electronic communications services, can be processed, such data may only be processed when they are made anonymous, or with the consent of the users or subscribers to the extent and for the duration necessary for the provision of a value added service.
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