User guide

Best practice Description
Control which application on the
BlackBerry device can use the GPS
feature.
Consider preventing a third-party application or preloaded BlackBerry Application
from accessing the global position of the BlackBerry device.
To apply this best practice, you can use one of the following methods:
• To prevent the BlackBerry device from permitting all third-party applications
and preloaded BlackBerry Applications from accessing the GPS feature,
change the value of the Disable GPS IT policy rule to Yes.
• To prevent a third-party application from using the GPS feature, change the
value of the Is Access to the GPS API Allowed application control policy rule
to Not Permitted. Assign the application control policy to the software
configuration.
Control when the BlackBerry device
reports its location to the BlackBerry®
Enterprise Server.
By default, the BlackBerry device does not use the GPS feature to report its location
to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. If you change the value for the Enable Enterprise
Location Tracking IT policy rule to Yes, consider configuring the interval after which
a BlackBerry device reports its location to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server.
To apply this best practice, you can use the Enterprise Location Tracking Interval IT
policy rule. You can also use the Enterprise Location Tracking User Prompt Message
IT policy rule to create a message that the BlackBerry device displays to notify the
user that you turned on the ability of the BlackBerry device to report its location to
the BlackBerry Enterprise Server.
Security Technical Overview
Best practice: Controlling which applications can use the GPS feature on a BlackBerry device
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