Privacy in positioning - a review

The role of geo-location in a wide range of applications and the use of remote servers to provide both localised and personalised service mean that there is some reason for caution from users with regard to the data that is shared across the network. The intent of this paper is to show that the privacy risks can be countered successfully and illustrates how this has been addressed using examples from a number of EU funded projects including i-Locate, i-Tour, i-Scope, UNCAP and SUNSHINE.