The services listed as including location sharing in the eSafety Guide incorporate specific features that allow you to share your location. If you are at risk of or experiencing domestic and family violence or stalking, knowledge of your whereabouts may put you at risk of harm. This erodes privacy and risks normalising controlling behaviours. Social media and apps have made tracking someone’s location an easy and accepted practice.

The normalisation of surveillance and the loss of privacy.

You may not realise your location is being shared with other people and entities, or that data stored in an app or online account could reveal your location. This traceability can act as a deterrent.

If something were to happen, your movements could be traced. You can see where your friends and loved ones are and check they are OK. Online maps allow you to easily find an address or business and can help you to navigate there in real time. Get directions or find out where something is.Depending on the settings available, you may be able to select not to share your location, who you share your location with or when it is shared.

Others track your location in real time, meaning that your movements are tracked continually while you are using the app or service, or your device is online.

Many apps, devices and online services allow you to share your location at a moment in time, for example if you ‘check-in’ somewhere or as an automatic function. Location sharing is the ability to share your location with other people and entities either via GPS, self-reporting or other methods.

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