It has been identified that the location-based services’(LBS) increasingly combination with new technologies threat individual privacy. For instance, without authorization, the event of making use of the GPS by the Apple Incorporated is exploded which aims to collect the information of user ’s location, and the trading of private information of individual user is not authorized. This might consequently result in privacy leakage, and even some incidents of harassment and threats. Therefore, the security of personal information relating to LBS has been a hot research topic all over the world.This research will center on personal information security associated with LBS. Firstly, on the basis of literature overview, the definition and the new features of the private personal information based on the location service is analyzed and concluded. Moreover, the reasons for and the possible channels of personal information security associated with LBS will be analyzed. In what follows, its adverse outcomes will be illustrated with specific cases. Finally, it will present some suggestions on how to protect private information effectively from the perspectives of users, legislation and technology. |