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The honourable Member asked if the Commissioner agrees with the adjusted interpretation of paragraph 14 of the United Kingdom Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations, 2003, which deals with the use of location data. Since this question is related to an interpretation of national law, I would refer the honourable Member to Mr Richard Thomas, the Information Commissioner in the United Kingdom, who is responsible for enforcing these privacy and electronic communication regulations. The regulations transpose the European directive on privacy and economic communication – the ePrivacy Directive.
As the member of the Commission responsible for this directive, I am pleased to indicate the following elements for the benefit of any national interpretation exercise. This EU ePrivacy Directive provides that location data may be used, but only with the consent of the subscriber or user. Prior to that consent, the user or subscriber has to be informed of the types of data processed, the purpose and duration of the processing, and whether the data will be passed on to third parties for the purpose of the service.
However, the Commission is not of the view that the directive requires the user or subscriber to be informed of or consent to the location prior to every single attempt by the locator to locate him. Nevertheless, the directive requires that subscribers and users, even if they have subscribed to a location-based service, be able to temporarily block the locating facility."@en1
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