Spatial Law and Policy Update (March 21, 2018)

SPATIAL LAW AND POLICY UPDATE

"Where Geospatial Technology Is Taking the Law"

LEGAL DISCIPLINES

Privacy/Data Protection/Cybersecurity

Strava will refresh its heat map every month to clear it of data that recently went private  (The Verve)

Location data sharing: What are the concerns around privacy?  (Geospatial World)

Licensing/Intellectual Property Rights

The state of licensing information (or, how do we know what we know?)  (TideLift)

Government

    Spatial Data Infrastructure/Open Data

    London to run public survey on attitudes to data  (UK Government)    

    Public Safety/Law Enforcement/National Security

    Report: Police are now asking Google for data about all mobile devices close to certain crimes  (TechCrunch)

    India’s New Map Restriction Policy 2017 is an old wine in a new bottle  (Geospatial World)

TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS

UAVs

White House Wants To Let Law Enforcement Bring Down Civilian Drones (NextGov)

Internet of Things/Smart Grid/Autonomous Vehicles

After Uber Crash, Legal Departments Can Watch Carefully, Work on Disaster Plans  (Corporate Counsel)

Uber Driverless-Vehicle Accident Complicates Push to Ease Rules  (WSJ- may have paywall)

Uber offers to share journey data with London city planners  (The Guardian)

Remote Sensing

Advances and Challenges for Small Sats  (Trajectory) 

Fourth satellite in new Chinese spy fleet successfully launched  (SpaceFlight Now) 

Secretary of Commerce Announces Plans to Raise Profile of Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs Office  (Williams Mullen)

Experts reach for the stars to fight slavery as satellite pictures tell all  (The Guardian)