Spatial Law and Policy Update (July 25, 2016)

LEGAL DISCIPLINES

Privacy/Data Protection/Cybersecurity

Pokémon Go has revealed a new battleground for virtual privacy  (Business Insider)

EPIC Ask FTC to Investigate Privacy Risks of Pokemon GO  (EPIC)

Digital toxic waste (or why metadata shouldn’t live forever)  (TechCrunch) Location data is considered metadata in many organizations. 

New iPhone app maps concealed carry permit holders  (Guns.com)

Zipcar Can Now Track How Many People See Its Rolling Ad Campaign in Seattle and D.C.  (AdWeek) " Wrapify uses telemetry data from the car to track drivers' real-time location on a map, and pairs it with anonymized data from other sources to understand how many cars nearby see the message"

Data Quality/Errors

Faking 'Pokémon GO' GPS Location Using iPhone Jailbreak App  (Forbes)

Licensing/Intellectual Property Rights

Government

    Spatial Data Infrastructure/Open Data

    We Want to Hear from You: What Is the Value of Open Data for Developing Economies?  (GovLab)

    NYC Open Data Progress Report  

    Meta-data retention, de-anonymising the Census, de-funding the OAIC & delaying the OGP  

    

    Public Safety/Law Enforcement/National Security

    Federal judge tosses drug evidence because DEA didn't get warrant for 'StingRay' cellphone tracking  (ABA Journal)

TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS

GNSS

Belton woman accused of DWI with child in car, blames GPS for crash  (WacoTrib)

UAVs

Utah Votes to Let Authorities Disable Drones Near Wildfires  (ABC News)

Flying an unregistered drone in Ghana could send you to jail for 30 years  (Quartz)

The rise of the drones: Do the draft DGCA guidelines balance caution and freedom?  (The News Minute)

Internet of Things/Smart Grid/Intelligent Transportation Systems

Regulator: Tesla crash shouldn't hinder self-driving research (engadget)

China bans highway testing of autonomous cars pending regulation  (Automotive News)

Remote Sensing

Commercial Space Needs Regulatory Clarity  (Breaking Defense)

DigitalGlobe says WorldView-2 operational after “debris causing event” (SpaceNews)

Crowdsourcing

Crowdsourcing Story Maps and Privacy  

MISCELLANEOUS

Baidu uses millions of users’ location data to make predictions  (New Scientist)