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What is Location Data

Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
Any data processed in an electronic communications network or by an electronic communications service having the capability to indicate the geographical position of the terminal equipment of a user in particular information regarding the latitude, longitude or altitude of the terminal equipment; the direction of travel of the user; or he time the location information was recorded.
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Mobile Communications Privacy
Panagiotis Kitsos (University of Macedonia, ITLaw Team, Greece) and Paraskevi Pappa (Technological Educational Institute of Epirus, Greece)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch202
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Contact Tracing Apps in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Exploring the Underlying Personal Data Processing
Data processed in an electronic communications network or by an electronic communications service indicating the geographical position of the terminal equipment of a user of a publicly available electronic communications service, as well as data from potential other sources, relating to 1) the latitude, longitude, or altitude of the terminal equipment; 2) the direction of travel of the user; 3) the time the location information was recorded.
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