When the communications apparatus 60 is the access management network element, the transceiver unit 601 is configured to send a location privacy setting data obtaining request to a data management network element when receiving a location service request from a gateway mobile location network element, and receive a location privacy setting data obtaining response from the data management network element, where the location privacy setting data obtaining response includes first location privacy setting data, and the processing unit 602 is configured to perform a location service operation based on the first location privacy setting data.
When the communications apparatus 60 is the access management network element, the communications apparatus 60 may implement functions of the AMF in the embodiments shown in