Spatial Law and Policy Update - UAVs

Each week the Centre for Spatial Law and Policy prepares an update for its members. The following are UAV-related links from last week.

Safety fears over ‘barking mad’ Amazon plan to test parcel-delivering drones in Cambridge (Cambridge News)

NTSB: Drone Flights Are Subject to FAA Regulations  (NBC)

Topless sunbather photographed by estate agent drone  (BBC)

Op-Ed FAA should curb its regulatory authority over commercial drone use  (LA Times)

Drone crashes into Perth house  (West Australian)

Drone strikes man near Bryant-Denny Stadium, police identify operator  (al.com)

Pilots Report Drones Flying Near JFK Flight Path  (NBC)

Sharper Shape Granted Permission for Advanced Long Distance UAV Flights (UST)

Georgia trying to enact drone restrictions  (The Drone Show)

Spatial Law and Policy Update (November 5, 2011) - Location Privacy

Each week the Centre for Spatial Law and Policy prepares an update on recent spatial law and policy developments for its members. The following are some of the recent developments that pertain directly to Location Privacy. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

For Location-Tracking Startup, A Data-Privacy Odyssey  (WSJ)

Google must pay Canadian woman $2,250 for showing her cleavage in Street View  (GigaOm)

Cyber Security (Finally) Becoming Mature?  (LinkedIn) I wonder how many geospatial companies realize that if location data becomes protected, they will be subject to the same scrutiny and requirements as other companies that collect protected information. 

Your Secret Stingray's No Secret Anymore: The Vanishing Government Monopoly Over Cell Phone Surveillance and Its Impact on National Security and Consumer Privacy  

I Told You Where I Ate Lunch…What Are You Going to Do with the Data? (Esri)  

Privacy and data protection - New code of practice in the UK!  (Drones and the Law)

Spatial Law and Policy Update - UAVs (November 5, 2014)

Each week the Centre for Spatial Law and Policy prepares an update on recent spatial law and policy developments for its members. The following are some of the recent developments that pertain directly to UAVs. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

China’s UAS Regulation: An interesting precedent.  (sUAS News)

Proposed Ordnance to Restrict Operations of UAVs in a U.S. City  

Military Space Quarterly | Study Shoots Down Hopes for Increased Wartime Use of UAVs  (SpaceNews)

AP Exclusive: Ferguson no-fly zone aimed at media  (AP)

Shots allowed on the drones near nuclear power plants (L'Express - using Google Translate)

Privacy and data protection - New code of practice in the UK!  (Drones and the Law)

China will use lasers to take down low-flying drones  (engadget)

FAA Updates Rules To Prohibit Drone Flights Over Stadiums  (Forbes)

Drone operators warned of heavy penalties for rule breaches  (The Australian Business Review)

Drones on Parade, by Margot Kaminski  (Yale Journal on Regulation)

Spatial Law and Policy Update - Location Privacy

Each week the Centre for Spatial Law and Policy prepares an update for its members. The following are location privacy-related links from the past week.

3 NY GOP assemblymen sign on to bill to bar use of GPS devices to track people  (DailyNews)

Canada Privacy Law Hampered Intelligence Sharing  (WSJ)

New York Senator Proposes Legislation to Outlaw GPS Tracking   (kfpk)

Revealed: how Whisper app tracks ‘anonymous’ users  (The Guardian)

Whisper’s Privacy Problem: Sen. Rockefeller Pushes for Probe While Editorial Team Is Suspended Pending Review  (PoGo was right)