Spatial Law and Policy

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

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Spatial Law and Policy Update (December 28, 2010)

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

Privacy
Mobile Marketing Association to update code of conduct (MoBlog)
How one app sees location without asking (WSJ)
Woman sues Google for showing image of underwear (The Telegraph)
Federal Privacy Office recommended (New York Times)
Google stops latitude-location alerts (Techcrunch)
Insurance Company Tracks Driver Responsibility (Mashable)

Law Enforcement
Homeless probationer not charged for failing to recharge GPS device (Boston.com)
Warrant required for access to email records (Cnet)
PA court ruling favors GPS tracking evidence (Daily Local News)
Police who disable GPS device deserve discipline or firing (tampabay.com)
Appeals Court: Feds needs warrants for email (cnet)

Intellectual Property
Request for school redistricting data rejected (The Dagger)
TomTom sues over map data sub-licensing (gpsbusinessnews)

Intelligent Transportation System
Virtual driving just got more real (WSJ)
DOT may ban cell phone use for bus and truck drivers (The Hill)

Patents
WHERE gets geofencing patent (Directions Magazine)
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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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