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Location Services is a company that puts its employees first. We're given a lot of freedom in the workplace. Thankfully we don't have to worry about managers breathing down our necks. I wouldn't say the work environment is completely laidback, but it's not chaotic either.

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Privacy settings

• The main entry point for location services integration. Public static final Api API: Token to pass to addApi (Api) to.
• Location Services has grown to include 9 regional office locations. Our corporate office is located in Ann Arbor, MI with regional offices in MN, TX, FL, CA, NY and IL.

Privacy settings in iOS and iPadOS help give you control over which apps have access to information stored on your device. For example, you can allow a social-networking app to use your camera, so you can take and upload pictures to that app. You can also grant access to your contacts, so a messaging app can find any friends that are already using the same app.

In Settings > Privacy, you can see which apps you have allowed to access certain information, as well as grant or revoke any future access. This includes access to:

• Location Services
• Contacts
• Calendars
• Reminders
• Photos
• Bluetooth
• Microphone
• Speech Recognition
• Camera
• Health
• HomeKit
• Media & Apple Music
• Research
• Files and Folders
• Motion & Fitness

On your device, you can select a type of data from this list to see which apps have asked for permission to use that data. An app won't appear on the list until it asks permission to use your data. You can add or remove permission from any app that has asked for access to data. An app can use the data type in the setting only if you have given the app permission.

If you sign in to iCloud, apps are granted access by default to iCloud Drive. You can view and manage apps that are allowed to use iCloud under iCloud in Settings as well.

If you allow third-party apps or websites to use your data or your current location, you're subject to their terms, privacy policies, and practices. You should review the terms, privacy policies, and practices of the apps and websites to understand how they use your location and other information. Information that Apple collects will be treated in accordance with Apple's Privacy Policy.

How your device uses Location Services

With your permission, Location Services allows apps and websites (including Maps, Camera, Weather, and other apps) to use information from cellular¹, Wi-Fi², Global Positioning System (GPS)³ networks, and Bluetooth⁴ to determine your approximate location⁵.

Apps that can show your location on the screen, including Maps, show your current (approximate) location using a blue marker. In Maps, if your location can't be determined precisely, you'll see a blue circle around the marker. The size of the circle shows how precisely your location can be determined—the smaller the circle, the greater the precision. When Location Services is active, a black or white arrow icon appears in the status bar.

Maps, directions, and location-based apps depend on data services. These data services are subject to change and might not be available in all geographic areas, resulting in maps, directions, or location-based information that might be unavailable, inaccurate, or incomplete. Compare the information provided on the device to your surroundings and defer to posted signs to resolve any discrepancies.

Learn more about Location Services and privacy.

Give apps permission to use your location

The first time an app tries to access your location, it must ask for your permission. You see a prompt explaining which app is asking for permission to use your location as well as the app developer's reason for requesting it.

Some apps ask to use your location only while the app is in use. An app is considered 'in use' when you're actively using it in the foreground, or when it is using location in the background, in which case a blue pill will display in your status bar.

If you grant an app While In Use permission, the app may ask you for permission to use your location when it is in the background.

When you allow an app to use your location in the background, your device will remind you from time to time that an app is using your location, and will display those locations on a map. You'll also be asked if you want to continue to allow the app to use your location in the background.

With iOS 13 and iPadOS 13, you can tap Allow Once to let an app access Location Services data only for one session (One Time). If you close and then re-open the app and it tries to access your location again, it will ask for your permission again. Apps won't use your location until they have asked for your permission and you grant permission.

You can change your mind anytime and update your preferences from Settings < Privacy < Location Services.

Turn Location Services on or off

You can turn Location Services on or off at Settings > Privacy > Location Services. You can turn Location Services on either during the Setup Assistant process or later through the Location Services setting. You can individually control which apps and system services have access to Location Services data. When Location Services are off, apps can't use your location in the foreground or background. This will limit the performance of various Apple and third-party apps.

If you would like to reset all of your location settings to the factory default, go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset Location & Privacy. When your location and privacy settings are reset, apps will stop using your location until you grant them permission.

Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services.

Improve GPS accuracy

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GPS accuracy depends on the number of visible GPS satellites. Locating all visible satellites can take several minutes, with accuracy gradually increasing over time. To improve GPS accuracy:

• Make sure that you've set the date, time, and time zone correctly on the device in Settings > General > Date & Time. If possible, use Set Automatically.
  
• Keep a clear view in several directions. Walls, vehicle roofs, tall buildings, mountains, and other obstructions can block line of sight to GPS satellites. When this happens, your device uses Wi-Fi or cellular networks to determine your position until the GPS satellites are visible again.

Crowd-sourced Wi-Fi and cellular Location Services

Improve GPS accuracy

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GPS accuracy depends on the number of visible GPS satellites. Locating all visible satellites can take several minutes, with accuracy gradually increasing over time. To improve GPS accuracy:

• Make sure that you've set the date, time, and time zone correctly on the device in Settings > General > Date & Time. If possible, use Set Automatically.
  
• Keep a clear view in several directions. Walls, vehicle roofs, tall buildings, mountains, and other obstructions can block line of sight to GPS satellites. When this happens, your device uses Wi-Fi or cellular networks to determine your position until the GPS satellites are visible again.

Crowd-sourced Wi-Fi and cellular Location Services

If Location Services is on, your device will periodically send the geo-tagged locations of nearby Wi-Fi hotspots and cell towers to Apple to augment Apple's crowd-sourced database of Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower locations. If you're traveling (for example, in a car) and Location Services is on, a GPS-enabled iOS device will also periodically send GPS locations, travel speed, and barometric pressure information to Apple to be used for building up Apple's crowd-sourced road-traffic and indoor pressure databases. The crowd-sourced location data gathered by Apple is stored with encryption and doesn't personally identify you.

About Bluetooth, data and Location Services

With iOS 13 and iPadOS 13, an app must ask permission to use Bluetooth functions except to play audio to a Bluetooth device, which doesn't require permission. You can change your device's Bluetooth permissions from Settings > Privacy > Bluetooth.

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About your location during emergency calls

For safety purposes, your iPhone's location information may be used when you place an emergency call to aid response efforts regardless of whether you enable Location Services.

Learn more

• Learn more about using Location Services to track your location in Maps and other apps in your product's user guide.
• Learn more about Apple and Privacy.

1. iPad (Wi-Fi + Cellular models): Make sure that Cellular Data is on in Settings > Cellular > Cellular Data, even if you're not subscribed to a cellular data plan. This will allow your device to more accurately calibrate itself using network time and location information. In some instances, disabling a SIM PIN may be necessary.
2. iOS and iPadOS devices sold in China mainland and Germany may use the term Wireless LAN (WLAN) instead of Wi-Fi.
3. GPS is available on iPhone and iPad Wi-Fi + Cellular models.
4. Bluetooth interacts with iBeacons to provide a way to create and monitor areas that advertise certain identifying information.
5. iOS and iPadOS devices without a cellular connection use only Wi-Fi for Location Services (if a Wi-Fi network is available). Some third-party apps rely on a Wi-Fi connection for region monitoring. If a device is passcode locked, this feature may be limited or inaccurate.

Many organizations like logistics companies or cab services, track the corporate device locations. To obtain the most recent device location, the organizations must enable Location Services on the devices at all times. But many users tend to disable the Location Services on devices either to reduce battery consumption or to avoid displaying the device location for privacy reasons. Mobile Device Manager Plus lets you know the current device location in near real-time and also the device location over a period of time. Additionally, it allows organizations to permanently keep Location Services on and prevent turning off location services on iPhone and Android devices.

Apart from tracking the device location, MDM allows admins to perform various remote actions like corporate wipe, remote alarm based on the current device location.

NOTE: You can permanently enable and lock Location Services on Android devices, over-the-air using MDM. In case of iOS devices, you must have the device in hand to permanently enable Location Services, as Apple doesn't allow it to be configured over-the-air to protect user privacy.

Pre-requisites

For iOS

Devices must be with the Administrator, as the settings need to be manually configured on the devices and should be secured with a passcode.

For Android

Devices must be either Samsung devices or must be provisioned as Device Owner.

Steps to prevent disabling location services

For iOS Devices

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1. Firstly, ensure ME MDM app has been installed on the device. Know how to automate MDM MDM app installation here.
2. After ME MDM app has been installed on the iOS device, open the app and for the Allow Location Access option, select Always or While using the app, though it is recommended to enable the former.

How to prevent turning off Location Services on iOS devices

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The steps to disable/turn off Location Services for continuous tracking of device location, differ for devices running OS versions above iOS 12 and below iOS 12

On devices running iOS 12 or later versions,

1. Click on Settings and select Screen Time. Now click on Turn On Screen Time.
2. Click on Continue, when prompted. Click on the option, This is My iPhone and select Content & Privacy Restrictions.
3. Firstly, enable Content & Privacy Restrictions and click on Location Services
4. Enable Location Services, which then displays the list of apps which require location permission. Verify if ME MDM app has the permission set as Always or While using the app.
5. Once verified, select the option Don't Allow Changes to prevent turning off Location Services on iPhone.
6. Now, go back to Screen Time and click on the option Use Screen Time Passcode and set a passcode for Screen Time, which prevents the device user from modifying the settings without the passcode. To disable, you need to go to Screen Time and click on Turn Off Screen Time and provide the passcode, when prompted.

On devices running below iOS 12,

1. Navigate to Settings -> General -> Restrictions.
2. Click on Enable Restrictions and specify a restrictions passcode, when prompted.
3. Navigate to Privacy section and select Location Services. Enable the Location Services option. Under the Location Services menu, all the apps installed in the device are listed. You can disable/ enable Location Services for the apps here. Once this has been configured and the settings saved, the Location Services cannot be modified for the existing apps. If any new app is installed after the settings has been configured, Location Services will not be granted to the app. To modify Location Services for the apps, the settings has to be re-configured.
4. Finally, select the option Don't Allow Changes in the Location Services menu, which ensure the settings configured in the previous steps cannot be modified by the users. To disable, you need to navigate to Settings -> General -> Restrictions, clicking on Disable Restrictions and specifying the restrictions passcode when prompted.

To apply this restriction on multiple devices, take a backup of a device after disabling location services and restore the backup on multiple devices using the steps given here.

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NOTE: In case of devices whose OS has been updated from iOS 11.x to iOS 12.x, you need to disable Location Services again, Apple moved it from Restrictions to Screen Time.

How to prevent disabling Location Services on Android devices?

To prevent disabling location services on Android devices, follow the steps given below:

1. On the MDM Server, navigate to Device Mgmt and select Profiles(under Manage).
2. Click on Create Profile and select Android Profile from the dropdown.
3. Provide the required details and create the profile.
4. Click on Restrictions and select Location settings.
5. For the restriction Location Services, select the option Always On.
6. Save and Publish the profile. Now distribute this profile to devices.

On successful association of the profile, the devices have Location Services enabled permanently and lock Location Services on Android devices, allowing admins to track the device location at all times.

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NOTE: Extended usage of Location Services can affect the device battery life.