Automatic recommendation of location tracking privacy policies

A system, comprising:

• a visibility recommender configured to determine a context of a user, wherein the context of the user may be defined by one or more of social, topical, temporal or spatial data associated with the user and to identify a location tracking privacy policy enacted by one or more other users based on the determined context of the user;
• a user interface configured to provide the user with a means to enact the identified location tracking privacy policy;
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• a visibility manager configured to automatically control the manner in which location information associated with the user is provided to at least one application or service in accordance with the identified location tracking privacy policy responsive to enactment of the identified location tracking policy by the user.

A method for automatically enacting a location tracking privacy policy for a user comprising:

• determining a context of the user, wherein the context of the user may be defined by one or more of social, topical, temporal or spatial data associated with the user;
• identifying a location tracking privacy policy enacted by one or more other users based on the determined context of the user;
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• enacting the identified location tracking privacy policy on behalf of the user, wherein enacting the identified location tracking policy comprises initiating automatic control of the manner in which location information associated with the user is provided to at least one application or service in accordance with the identified location tracking privacy policy.