RE: Mobile Location Based Service user privacy (commercial issue)

> I think we all agree that divulging of geolocation requires
> prior authorization. That authorization may be restricted to
> one-at-a-time manual authorization (you supply credentials,
> I authorize for a particular frequency of update, and a
> particular accuracy). I'm arguing that authorization may not
> be one-at-a-time, it could be based on a policy decision.
> In fact in some cases it HAS to be (you may have to authorize
> divulging of accurate location in an emergency as a condition
> of obtaining service).

that's fine. but, when we describe a transaction sequence, we need to
be very explicit about the privacy check, whether the result is that the
divulging was pre-approved or is done specifically for this query.

after all, that privacy part is the main goal of this wg.

randy
Received on Mon Jul 23 10:44:39 2001