Spatial Law and Policy

Why Location Matters: The Legal and Policy Issues Associated with Location

Friday, February 24, 2017

Spatial Law and Policy Update February 21, 2017)

SPATIAL LAW AND POLICY UPDATE

"Where Geospatial Technology Is Taking the Law"

LEGAL DISCIPLINES

Privacy/Data Protection/Cybersecurity

Smart City: the next step or privacy threat? (Computer Business Review)

Data Commissioner legally required to suspend US data transfers, court told (The Irish Times)

Will the ePrivacy Reg overshadow the GDPR in the age of IoT? (iApp)

European Data Protection Supervisor Publishes Priorities for 2017 (Hunton & Williams)

Data Privacy in a Time of Reaction: "Big Data" versus "The People" (JD Supra)

Licensing/Intellectual Property Rights

Updated Antitrust Guidelines for IP Licensing Address New Laws, Omit Some Key Areas (JDSupra)

Government

Spatial Data Infrastructure/Open Data

Forest Service Open Data Likely to Remain Public, Program Leader Says (MeriTalk)

New Jersey Prioritizes Open Data, Codifies Chief Data Officer Position (Government Technology)

ESA Affirms Open Access Policy For Images, Videos, and Data (European Space Agenda)

People Are Furiously Saving Federal Data Before It's Deleted--And You Can Too (NextGov)

Meet four women leading the drive for open data in Africa (The Data Blog)

Public Safety/Law Enforcement/National Security

China orders GPS tracking of every car in troubled region (The Guardian)

TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS

GNSS

DARPA Discovers "GPS-Like" undersea drone connectivity (Defense News)

UAVs

Helping Municipalities Establish a Safe, Secure Drone Program (GovTech)

Utah couple arrested for allegedly peering into neighbors' windows with drone (FOX News USA)

Senator Greg Baca New Mexico, Ban Drones Flying Near Critical Facilities (SUAS News)

Absence of regulations casts shadow on China's booming UAV industry (CRJ English)

Lawmakers wrestle with drone abilities and limits (West Virginia Metro News)

Internet of Things/Smart Grid/Intelligent Transportation Systems

GM, Toyota And Lyft Urge Congress To Set Nationwide Self-Driving Car Standards (Forbes)

Congress looking to clear hurdles to self-driving cars (Detroit Free Press)

Congress Could Make Self-Driving Cars Happen—or Ruin Everything (WIRED)

Why Self-Driving Cars *Can’t Even* With Construction Zones (WIRED)

Remote Sensing

Canadian company MDA reportedly seeking to acquire DigitalGlobe (Space News)

Crowdsourcing

Drones Are Turning Civilians Into an Air Force of Citizen Scientists (WIRED)

MISCELLANEOUS

What is Geospatial Ecosystem? (Geospatial World)

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Kevin: Richmond, Virginia, United States; Kevin is a lawyer that has been focused on the legal and policy issues associated with the collection, use, storage, and distribution of location and other types of geoinformation since 2006. These issues cut across legal disciplines (privacy, licensing, intellectual property rights, liability, national security, open data) and technology platforms (UAVs, satellites,smart phones, wearables, internet of things, smart cities, intelligent transportation systems). He is also the founder the Executive Director of the Centre for Spatial Law and Policy, He writes and speaks extensively around the the world on spatial law and technology. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Open Geospatial Consortium and the National Geospatial Advisory Committee. Prior to attending law school, Kevin served as a satellite imagery analyst. In that capacity he helped to develop imagery collection strategies to monitor arms control agreements. He also served as the special assistant to the U.S. government official responsible for developing the intelligence community's satellite imagery collection and exploitation requirements.

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