Spatial Law and Policy Update

Spatial Law and Policy Update (August 31, 2011)

Raising Awareness of Where Geospatial Technology is Taking the Law

Privacy
Why mobile apps need to have privacy policies (Venturebeat)

German State DPA Orders Businesses to Close Facebook Pages (Privacy and Information Security Law Blog)
Facial Recognition: A Top Privacy Issue of Our Time (California Progress Report)
Cars that Spy (Injuryboard)
White House Pledges New Net Privacy Approach (cNet)

Data Quality
How to Lie With Maps (iRevolution)
Storm surge data - is bad data worse than no data? (Letters from the SAL)

Liability
Open Content Licensing of PSI and The Risk of Tortious Liability for Australian Governments

GPS
IT think tank sides with Lightsquared on GPS Spectrum Issues (NSGIC News)
The Bumpy Legal History of GPS Devices (The New York Law Journal)
Do You Depend Upon GPS To Make Money? (American Survey)

Crowdsourcing

15 Years Recording a Talk with Cops? (ABA Journal)
Sensors and Systems for EU Environment Agency

On Ghengis Khan, Boreo and Galaxies: Using Crowdsourcing To Analyze Satellite Imagery (iRevolution)

Drones
Weird, Birdlike Mystery Drone Crashes in Pakistan (Wired)