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Why Location Matters: The Legal and Policy Issues Associated with Location

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Spatial Law and Policy Update (July 13, 2010)

Privacy
Twitter Consent Order Evidences Broader Scope of FTC Information Security Enforcement

Loopt Launches Location History

Miscellaneous
Electronic Companies Worried about Distracted Driver Laws in U.S.

Intellectual Property
No Easy Answers in Copyright Debate

Public Sector Information
E.U. review of PSI re-use directive to include stakeholder consultation
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Kevin is a lawyer that has been focused on the legal and policy issues associated with the collection, use, storage, and distribution of location and other types of geoinformation since 2006. These issues cut across legal disciplines (privacy, licensing, intellectual property rights, liability, national security, open data) and technology platforms (UAVs, satellites,smart phones, wearables, internet of things, smart cities, intelligent transportation systems). He is also the founder the Executive Director of the Centre for Spatial Law and Policy, He writes and speaks extensively around the the world on spatial law and technology. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Open Geospatial Consortium and the National Geospatial Advisory Committee. Prior to attending law school, Kevin served as a satellite imagery analyst. In that capacity he helped to develop imagery collection strategies to monitor arms control agreements. He also served as the special assistant to the U.S. government official responsible for developing the intelligence community's satellite imagery collection and exploitation requirements.
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