Survey on Location Privacy in Location Based Services

Now a days use of smart phones and tablets is drastically increased. Various services are available to us by just one click on our mobile devices one such a service is Location Based service. User send the query to service provider to get services like nearby restaurant, friends in vicinity, share his/her location with other friends, rendezvous point to meet etc. But getting a desired service is not enough as location privacy is always one of the greatest concerns of the user. There are various threat to privacy when user shares his/her location. The information can be misused for stalking, home invasion, political loss etc. Various methods were introduced in past to deal with privacy concerns. This paper explores different methods to deal with privacy concerns.