Patent ID: 7627331

Claim:
A location privacy register for selectively enabling access to location information in respect of a user of a communications service, the register being for use in a communications network and having: a data store arranged to store: one or more location privacy rules for the user; and a processor arranged to: receive a first request message from a location information server querying whether or not the location information server may provide location information relating to the user; in response, determine whether or not the location information server may provide location information relating to the user in dependence on the one or more location privacy rules for the user; and provide a first response message indicating the determination to the location information server; wherein the data store is arranged to store a location key for the user, the location key enabling a requesting entity to query the location information server to obtain location information relating to the user; and the processor is arranged to receive a second request message requesting the location key of the user and, in response, to provide a second response message comprising the location key of the user.