D11.6: Survey on Mobile Identity

The deliverable in hand provides the results of an explorative survey on the
control model for identity related data in location-based services (LBS)
presented in FIDIS deliverable D11.2.
The survey was performed to explore the influence of LBS characteristics (pull
vs. push based, indirect vs. direct profile creation) on the perceived amount of
control participants have about the disclosure of their identity.
Four scenarios, each reflected a different aspect of the control model, have been
designed and tested.

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The legal framework for LBS in Europe
ISSUES OF CONTROL

Issues of control

In cases where location data is linked to a person, control of generation and processing of these data is legally relevant. Control issues can be complex, as generating and processing of location data in many cases is not done by the same organisation (or data controller). Generation of location data and/or processing may be done continuously (or online) or by requests at a certain time. In addition, the generation and processing may concern location data of the user of a location system himself (typically in cases of so-called LBS used via mobile phones) or of another person (e.g. in cases of tracking).

With respect to issues of control, no classification of LBS seems to have been published in the literature.

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