A location assurance gateway , located in a data center, for verifying a location of data stored on at least one storage device within at least one cell area served by at least one network node of a wireless communication network, the location assurance gateway comprising: a communication interface ; and processing circuitry , the processing circuitry configured to cause the communication interface to communicate with the at least one network node of the wireless communication network for location information associated with the at least one cell area, the location information associated with the at least one cell area being used to verify a location of the data stored on the at least one storage device , wherein the verification of the location of the data stored on the at least one storage device includes using the communication of the gateway with the at least one network node of the wireless communication network to determine whether a physical location of the stored data is within a user-requested geographic area, wherein the communication of the communication interface with the at least one network node of the wireless communication network includes receiving, from the at least one network node , at least one code, the at least one code being the location information used to verify the location of the data, each of the at least one code being configured to be unique to the one cell area as compared to other cell areas of the wireless communication network, the at least one code being stored in a database associated with said network node , wherein the verification is done by comparing at least one code from a user-requested location verification request to the at least one code stored in a database associated with the network node . a communication interface ; and processing circuitry , the processing circuitry configured to cause the communication interface to communicate with the at least one network node of the wireless communication network for location information associated with the at least one cell area, the location information associated with the at least one cell area being used to verify a location of the data stored on the at least one storage device , wherein the verification of the location of the data stored on the at least one storage device includes using the communication of the gateway with the at least one network node of the wireless communication network to determine whether a physical location of the stored data is within a user-requested geographic area, wherein the communication of the communication interface with the at least one network node of the wireless communication network includes receiving, from the at least one network node , at least one code, the at least one code being the location information used to verify the location of the data, each of the at least one code being configured to be unique to the one cell area as compared to other cell areas of the wireless communication network, the at least one code being stored in a database associated with said network node , wherein the verification is done by comparing at least one code from a user-requested location verification request to the at least one code stored in a database associated with the network node . <EOS>