Location Services, could someone use it wirelessly to find where I am?

Hi,
I have an iPhone 4S with iOS 5.1.1. My "Location Services" is turned on and so is my "Cellular Data". My question is, could someone use my "Location Services" feature wirelessly and find out where I am at the moment? If not then why is the pruple arrow appearing next to my battery icon at the top bar all the time, except ofcourse when I turn this feature off or when I turn the wi-fi and the cellular data off. This is problem started on June 13. Since that day it comes and goes. What makes me think that someone is spying one me is that when I go to "Settings" then to "Location Services" a list will show with all the apps that might use this feature, I usually allow all my apps to use this feature and the thing is when an app is using this feature at the moment or at a past time a purple or a gray arrow appears next to that app. It is not appearing next to any app and still there is a pruple arrow in the top bar. Please help I am afraid someone is spying on me.
Thanks

I found out what was using my Location Services. I went to "System Services" in "Location Services" and there were six system services that use location service. One of them is "Setting Time Zone" and that what was using the location services and still using. I just don't why now it is using it the whole time. Anyway I just wanted to let you know. Thanks for your time and effort.

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