Spatial Law and Policy Update (December 8, 2010)

Spatial Law and Policy Update provided by the Centre for Spatial Law and Policy

Privacy
Lawsuit targets online data collection technique
Legislators Ponder How To Protect Intenet Privacy
Markey to introduce online privacy bill for children
Boring's lawsuit concluded
Germany unveils plan to tighten internet privacy
Tracking companies to let consumers see the data collected on them

Data Quality
Does Crowdsouring Have a Role in Surveying?
Man Follows GPS device, gets arrested
Got Maps?

SmartGrid
Police in Canada allowed to solicit help from electricity company in co-op case

Intelligent Transportation System
DoT to explore cellphone disabling equipment in cars
Insurers to offer more pay-as-you-go offerings
Social media tackles traffic
Driver cams; safety tools or on the road to privacy loss?
Kenya to require GPS on all autos

Intellectual Property
Microsoft's terms of use for Bing imagery by OpenStreetMap
Making copyright work better online

National Security/Law Enforcement
The President's Daily Map
Thieves Use Google Earth to Target Churches
Ohio Supreme Court upholds warrantless GPS tracking
DC Court of Appeals strikes down warrantless GPS tracking by police

International
Google lauches 'Earth Engine'
Star of David on Top of Building Rankles Iran
Visa Europe to Mobile Phones' location to prevent fraud