Spatial Law and Policy Update (March 31, 2018)

SPATIAL LAW AND POLICY UPDATE "Where Geospatial Technology Is Taking the Law" LEGAL DISCIPLINES Privacy/Data Protection/Cybersecurity This person has revealed everything Facebook and Google has on you. And it’s terrifying  (Independent) The Future Of Location Data And Privacy  (GIS User) Jaywalkers Under Surveillance in Shenzhen Soon To Be Punished Via Text Messages (South China Morning Post) Data Quality/Errors Sensor firm Velodyne 'baffled' by Uber self-driving death  (BBC) After Uber Crash, Legal Departments Can Watch Carefully, Work on Disaster Plans  (Corporate Counsel) Exclusive: Arizona governor and Uber kept self-driving program secret, emails reveal  (The Guardian) Calls to ban maps from putting Shetland in a box  (SkyNews) Licensing/Intellectual Property Rights Open Source Compliance   TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS GNSS Theresa May fights to keep UK in EU satellite project: Galileo contracts at risk as Brussels seeks to protect systems compromised by Brexit  (Financial Times) Ligado Has Resolved Spectrum Interference And Made GPS Better. Now It's Government's Turn.  (Forbes)  UAVs Kenya has legalized the commercial and private use of drones  (Quartz) Swarms of Drones: Collecting Data and Delivering Potential Liabilities  (New York Law Journal) Why we need to go back to the drawing board when it comes to regulating drones  (World Economic Forum) Internet of Things/Smart Cities/Autonomous Vehicles Sensor firm Velodyne 'baffled' by Uber self-driving death  (BBC) ARIZONA WON'T BE THE LAST PLACE TO MICROMANAGE ROBOCARS  (Wired) Debrief on Sidewalk Toronto Public Meeting #1— Evasive on Data Products, No Answer on Data Residency   Remote Sensing Streamlining Licensing Procedures for Small Satellites Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, IB Docket No. 18-86 (Federal Communication Commission) The government will always have a key role in the space industry, believes Pacôme Révillon of Euroconsult  (Geospatial World)