Privacy concerns in location-based social networks

Alrayes, Fatma and Abdelmoty, Alia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2031-4413 2014. Privacy concerns in location-based social networks. Presented at: The Sixth International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and Services, GEOProcessing 2014,, Barcelona, Spain, 23-27 March 2014. Published in: Rückemann, Claus-Peter and Doytsher, Yerach eds. GEOProcessing 2014 : The Sixth International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and Services. ThinkMind. IARIA, pp. 105-114.

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Abstract

User location data collected on Location-Based Social Networks (LBSN) can be used to enhance the services provided by those applications. However, it can be potentially utilised for undesirable purposes that can compromise users’ privacy. This paper presents a study of the privacy implication of location-based information provision and collection in LBSN. The study is supported by analysis of representative data sets from such applications. The results demonstrate the need for further work on improving the visibility of the information collected to users of the Social Web, to allow them to better assess the implications of their location sharing activities.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item - published (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Computer Science & Informatics
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Publisher:	IARIA
ISBN:	978-1-61208-326-1
ISSN:	2308-393X
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Last Modified:	25 Aug 2026 12:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/67921

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