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#Geolocation Privacy Legislation

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This page provides information on congressional bills that seek to clarify how personal location information may be used by law enforcement, companies, employers, and others. This page is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended to influence, endorse, or express opinions on any ongoing legal deliberations.

Several U.S. states and non-U.S. jurisdictions have enacted laws establishing personal location privacy rights. However, current U.S. statute at the federal level does not provide clear protection of geolocation information.

New FY 2016 Transportation Appropriations Bill

Section 144 of the House bill states, None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to mandate global positioning system (GPS) tracking in private passenger motor vehicles with- out providing full and appropriate consideration of privacy concerns under 5 U.S.C. chapter 5, subchapter II. View source (300 KB)

The same language appeared in the omnibus spending act for FY 2015 (see below).