Spatial Law and Policy Update (January 14, 2015)

Each week the Centre for Spatial Law and Policy prepares the Spatial Law and Policy Update for its members. The Update contains approximately 20-25 links to recent developments that will impact the collection/use/processing/storage/distribution of geoinformation. Its purpose is to educate members on the legal and policy framework that is developing around the world concerning geoinformation. Because of the many ways in which geoinformation is collected and used, the Update cuts across both legal/policy disciplines and technology platforms.

The January 13, 2015 Spatial Law and Policy Update can be found below:

SPATIAL LAW AND POLICY UPDATE

"Where Geospatial Technology Is Taking the Law"

LEGAL/POLICY DISCIPLINES

Privacy

DATA PRIVACY AND THE SMART GRID: A VOLUNTARY CODE OF CONDUCT  (US Department of Energy)

Obama to Call for Laws Covering Data Hacking and Student Privacy  (New York Times)

Data Quality

The New York Times Accidentally Invented a New Country, and the Internet's in Love   (AdWeek)

Licensing

Majority of Consumers Want to Own the Personal Data Collected from their Smart Devices [SURVEY] (Trust-E Blog)

Government

    Spatial Data Infrastructure/Open Data

    Europe is wrong to take a sledgehammer to Big Google  (Financial Times)

    

    Public Safety/Law Enforcement/National Security

     FAA Issues UAS Guidance for Law Enforcement  (Sensors and Systems)

    

    FCC aims to pinpoint 911 calls  (The Hill)  While responders can often determine where a caller is when they are dialing from a landline phone or from a cellphone outdoors, it can be difficult to pinpoint their location when they are inside, especially when the call is being made from a building with multiple floors. 

    

    Police Drones Over Berkeley Trigger Backlash  (Bloomberg)

    FBI says search warrants not needed to use “stingrays” in public places  (arstechnica)

    The small and surprisingly dangerous detail the police track about you   (TED)  Location information can be very sensitive. If you drive your car around the United States, it can reveal if you go to a therapist, attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, if you go to church or if you don't go to church. And when that information about you is combined with the same information about everyone else, the government can gain a detailed portrait of how private citizens interact.
 

TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS

UAVs

Auto Race Venues Adding UAV Wording To Prohibited Items: Phoenix International Raceway strictly prohibits the use of any unmanned aerial vehicles (“UAV”), also known as a drone, for any purpose whatsoever on Track Property. A UAV for purposes of this policy is any aircraft without a human pilot aboard. Track personnel may remove anyone using a UAV on Track property and/or confiscate the UAV until the event is over.

A Plan to Integrate Drones Safely into the National Airspace  (UAV Business and Technology Report)

Drone video sparks public safety discussion in Naperville  (Daily Herald)

Delaware holds off on new drone laws  (Delaware Online) "The paperwork and education that is required are daunting and will push many in the industry back, but I am going to do all I can to get FAA approved."

While the drone industry grows faster than the flick of a joystick, regulation lags  (PBS)

Police Drones Over Berkeley Trigger Backlash  (Bloomberg)

Internet of Things/Smart Grid/Intelligent Transportation Systems

Uber strikes deal to share its data with city planners  (Engadget)

China bans private cars from taxi-hailing market  (China.org.cn)

Will Connected Cars Become the Next Local Search Battleground? (LSA)

Townhomes fighting CPS Energy’s smart meters  (San Antonio Express)

DATA PRIVACY AND THE SMART GRID: A VOLUNTARY CODE OF CONDUCT  (US Department of Energy)

Remote Sensing

With New Congress, Military Space Has New Overseers (Space News)

Project Timeline in place for the launch of GHANA SAT 1 (Geospatial World)