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Monday, August 15, 2011

Spatial Law and Policy Update (August 15, 2011)

Privacy
Privacy pirates: Self-regulation is a sinking ship (IT World)

Facial recognition App enables next-level web-stalking (Good Technology)

Data Quality
London Riots Facial Recognition Vigilantes Abandon Their Project (Forbes)

23% of UK motorists admit racing to beat satnav ETA (GPSbusinessnews)

Inaccurate geospatial data delays law enforcement (Geospatial World)

Intellectual Property Rights
Ministers Tell Agencies to Open Up Databases (stuff.co.nz)

Law Enforcement/National Security
Rioters' mobile phones could help police investigation (BBC)

BART pulls a Mubarak in San Francisco (EFF)

Summary of Electronic Communication Privacy Act (CDT)

License plate software stirs privacy debate (delawareonline)

GPS
Lightsquared update (NSGIC News)

Intelligent Transportation System
Ford investigates creating a mobile data network using the cars themselves (TMCnet)

Miscellaneous
Let's talk about location


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