Providing notice and receiving consent to obtain location information of a mobile device

A computer implemented method for receiving from a user of a mobile device a revocation of consent to obtain location information of the mobile device, the method comprising:

• participating in a telephone call with the mobile device;
• within the telephone call, identifying the mobile device at least in part by obtaining an identifier associated with the mobile device;
• communicating to the user via an automated voice message transmitted to the mobile device during the telephone call information indicating that consent to obtain the location information is revocable via operation of the mobile device;
• and
• receiving from the mobile device during the telephone call a signal including data indicating revocation of the consent to obtain the location information of the mobile device.

A system for receiving user consent to obtaining location information of a mobile device, the system comprising:

• a communications interface configured to participate in a telephone call with the mobile device;
• a validation logic configured to, within the telephone call, identify the mobile device at least in part by obtaining an identifier associated with the mobile device;
• and
• a notification logic configured to communicate during the telephone call an automated voice message including at least one of:
• a notice including information indicating to the user of the mobile device that consenting to the obtaining of the location information of the mobile device would result in the location information of the mobile device being disclosed, and
• a location at which to find the notice, wherein the location at which to find the notice is represented by a web address corresponding to a website where, during the telephone call, the user of the mobile device can find the notice including information indicating to the user of the mobile device that consenting to the obtaining of the location information of the mobile device would result in the location information of the mobile device being disclosed;
• wherein the communications interface is configured to transmit during the telephone call the automated voice message to the mobile device, and
• wherein the communications interface is further configured to, during the telephone call, receive from the mobile device data indicating the user consent for obtaining the location information of the mobile device.