Spatial Law and Policy Update (September 19, 2014)

Privacy

HOW THE NAPA EARTHQUAKE AFFECTED BAY AREA SLEEPERS  (Jawbone)

PUBLIC VS. NONPUBLIC DATA: THE BENEFITS OF ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS  (Stanford Law Journal)

Apple Watch Privacy Questioned by Connecticut AG Jepsen  (Bloomberg)

The Potemkinism of Privacy Pragmatism  (Slate)

Data Quality

Civil Rights, Big Data, and Our Algorithmic Future   (BigData Fairness)

Government

    Spatial Data Infrastructure/Open Data

   NSW to release public transport data to drive benefits  (Geospatial World)

    Public Safety/Law Enforcement/National Security

    DC Police Chief Publicly Criticizes Officer's Actions After He Attempts To Shut Down A      Citizen Recording An Arrest  (techdirt)

Technology Platforms

UAVs

Wyoming legislative committee moves bill to require police to get warrants for use of drones (The Republic)

FAA Approves Use Of Drones In Missing Woman Search  (CBS)

Sotomayor Concerned About Drones and Privacy, Says You Should Be Too  (Slate)

SGA proposes resolution to change OU policy for unmanned aircraft  (Oklahoma Daily)

Majority of survey respondents concerned about property damage risk from unmanned aerial vehicle  (Canadian Underwriter)

No-Fly Zone 16 46 0 How “drone” safety rules can also help protect privacy.  (Slate) Informative article from 2013 that was recently republished. 

Internet of Things/Smart Grid/Intelligent Transportation Systems

Judge overturns Uber ride-sharing ban in Germany  (BBC)

Lobbying on the ‘Internet of Things’  (Washington Post)

Remote Sensing

HySpecIQ Closes Initial Funding Round And Places Order For Two Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Satellites  (EARSC)

World Satellite Business Week | China Quickly Weaning Itself Off Earth Observation Data Bought from Abroad  (SpaceNews)

NASA to add earth observation instruments to ISS  (Geospatial World)

Crowdsourcing

Why global contributions to Wikipedia are so unequal  (The Conversation)

Miscellaneous

Big Tech at Bay  (Financial Times)  Informative discussion on issues that will have a significant impact on what the geospatial community will look like in the future.