An approach is provided for providing user control of historical mobility data accessed by a service related to a quality of the service to be delivered to the user. The approach involves receiving a request from the user to receive the service from a service provider. The quality of service is dependent on historical mobility data associated with the user. The approach also involves determining a first part of the historical mobility data that is to be provided to the service provider to receive the service. The approach further involves determining a second part of the historical mobility data that is predicted to increase the quality of service of the service. The approach further involves providing a user interface for the user to select between the first part, the second part, another part, or a combination thereof of the historical mobility data to provide to the service provider.