Reading location via GPS is passive with no outbound data transmission. As Apple explained, in line with the Apple engineer's prior response, there is a reason

Reading location via GPS is passive with no outbound data transmission. As Apple explained, in line with the Apple engineer's prior response, there is a reason why this is not a privacy leak. It does not transmit the geo data off of the device at all. If they were transmitting it, people would see the data packets and want to know what it is.