User centric privacy management for location tracking services

Location tracking services have been there since the last decade, but their penetration has been relatively slow in the early phase. Now their number is growing high with the penetration of smart handheld devices. However, given their penetration and maturity, there still exist different viewpoints about. the exploitation (and hence potential) of these services amongst researchers and consumers. One major concern about their adoption lies in privacy concerns of the users of these services. In most cases, the privacy issues prevent people from fully emhracing these services. This thesis work investigates the privacy issues faced by people in sharing their location information on Iocatiori trackirig services. A design proposal is made for privacy management in location tracking services, Moreover, the design proposed is flexible enough to he applied in privacy management of other contextual data. This thesis work proposes several novel concepts. Like, sharing of privacy settings among users and showing users a post view of privacy breach. These enhancements make the privacy management user friendly. The proposed design in this thesis will he used as an input for privacy management of OtaSizzle living lab project