ended abstract looks forward at which shared concepts and approaches are shaping future research in the field of location privacy, as well as reflecting on the broader achievements and progress that the field can claim. Seven key principles of research into location privacy are proposed. Taken together, these principles aim to delineate what makes research into location privacy and locationawareness different and distinctive, when compared with other research topics in privacy and spatial information science more generally. Categories and Subject Descriptors C.2.4 [Computer-communication networks]: Distributed systems; K.4.1 [Computers and society]: Public policy issues--Privacy General Terms Theory, Legal aspects Keywords location-based services, location privacy, spatial information, decentralization, movement patterns, user-generated content, accuracy, precision