Systems and methods for protecting geolocation information

A system for protecting geolocation information, the system comprising:

• a reception module, stored in memory of a computing device, that receives a geolocation security policy that defines an area in which access to geolocation information by applications will be at least partially limited to protect the privacy of a user;
• a detection module, stored in memory of the computing device, that detects a geolocation of the computing device;
• an application module, stored in memory of the computing device, that applies the geolocation security policy to the detected geolocation to determine whether the detected geolocation matches the area in which access to geolocation information by the applications will be at least partially limited;
• a performance module, stored in memory of the computing device, that performs a security action to protect the privacy of the user based on determining that the detected geolocation matches the area, the security action disabling a geotagging feature that geotags at least one photo captured by a camera of the computing device with the geolocation of the computing device;
• and
• at least one physical processor configured to execute the reception module, the detection module, the application module, and the performance module;
• wherein the geolocation security policy specifies that access to the geolocation information by the applications will be at least partially limited as a default setting when the computing device is located within the area but the user still has an option to manually override the default setting.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more computer-readable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• receive a geolocation security policy that defines an area in which access to geolocation information by applications will be at least partially limited to protect the privacy of a user;
• detect a geolocation of the computing device;
• apply the geolocation security policy to the detected geolocation to determine whether the detected geolocation matches the area in which access to geolocation information by the applications will be at least partially limited;
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• perform a security action to protect the privacy of the user based on determining that the detected geolocation matches the area, the security action comprising disabling a geotagging feature that geotags at least one photo captured by a camera of the computing device with the geolocation of the computing device;
• wherein the geolocation security policy specifies that access to the geolocation information by the applications will be at least partially limited as a default setting when the computing device is located within the area but the user still has an option to manually override the default setting.