Knowledge base
Location settings
Websites can access the iPhone’s location information to tell where you are in the world. This raises privacy concerns, so the iPhone lets you control location information and choose who can access it.
There are several levels to location access, the iPhone, Safari and websites, which can be confusing. If iPhone location is off, Safari is always off. If iPhone location is on, Safari can be on or off. If Safari is off, websites are always off, but if Safari is set to ‘Ask’, sites can be set to on or off. It can be very confusing.