A method, apparatus, and system are provided for verifying a location of data stored on at least one storage device within at least one cell area served by at least one network node of a wireless communication network. In one embodiment, a location assurance gateway is provided with a communication interface and processing circuitry, the processing circuitry configured to cause the communication interface to communicate with the at least one network node of the wireless communication network for location information associated with the at least one cell area, the location information associated with the at least one cell area being used to verify a location of the data stored on the at least one storage device.