{"id":418,"date":"2024-07-03T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geoplugin.com\/resources\/?p=418"},"modified":"2025-12-22T13:46:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T21:46:50","slug":"gdpr-location-data-how-to-collect-it-legally-and-avoid-fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geoplugin.com\/resources\/gdpr-location-data-how-to-collect-it-legally-and-avoid-fine\/","title":{"rendered":"GDPR Location Data: How To Collect It Legally and Avoid Fine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is GDPR location data?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geolocation services collect and store a host of information that can determine the country and city of an individual. Some advanced services can even track the exact location coordinates of a person.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although this data collection serves legal business purposes, companies can use it to harm users. Services that collect personal data without informing users or obtaining their consent are particularly suspicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, European citizens are lucky that GDPR protects their personal data. GDPR is a regulatory framework in EU law that enforces user data protection rules for companies handling this data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we\u2019ll learn the correlation between GDPR and location data in detail. We\u2019ll also walk you through steps to ensure you only collect legitimate location data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But before we talk about those, here\u2019s a brief overview of GDPR. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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