The Spatial Law and Policy Update

 

Disruptions: And the Privacy Gaps Just Keep On Coming (Bits)

Mobile Apps For Kids May Be Violating Privacy Law, Federal Trade Commission Finds (Huffington Post)

Glassmap Maps Your Friends So You Can "Jump Into Their Context" (ReadWriteWeb)

More GPS tracking could mean lower insurance premiums for good drivers (NY Daily News)

Data Quality

The Costs of Data Quality Failure (Disaster Mapping)

Landslide Hazard Maps may be removed from county subdivison ordinance (The Macon County News)

Law Enforcement/National Security

Don't Let Congress Order Internet Companies to Spy on You: Oppose the Data Retention Bill (EFF)

Police spy on web, phone usage with no warrants (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Canada Internet Surveillance Legislation Coming Soon (PrivacyCast)

Intellectual Property

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Third Chamber) 16 February 2012 (*) (Information society – Copyright – Internet – Hosting service provider – Processing of information stored on an online social networking platform – Introducing a system for filtering that information in order to prevent files being made available which infringe copyright – No general obligation to monitor stored information) (InfoCuria)

Spatial Data Infrastructure

Malaysia soon to table National Geospatial Bill (Geospatial World)

India's National GIS soon to be tabled (Geospatial World)

Remote Sensing

EU Parliament Supports GMES Within Financial Framework (EARSC)

 

EnhancedView Program: Why The U.S. Needs Commercial Satellites More Now (Vector One)

EXCERPT: Senate Select Intelligence Committee-Hearing on Worldwide Threats and EnhancedView Program (Directions Magazine)

GNSS

LightSquared Looks to Lawyers (The Wall Street Journal)

UAVs

Drones Set Sights on US Skies (CNBC/The New York Times)

Exclusive: PowerPoint Shows Drone Industry’s Lobbying Plan To Expand Over Domestic, Law Enforcement Markets (Republic Report)

Crowdsourcing

A Manager’s Guide to Evaluating Citizen Participation (Directions Magazine)

Data Protection Standards 2.0 (The Standby Task Force)

Miscellaneous

How NPR Used Geotargeting on Facebook To Drive “Record Traffic” To Local Station (The Realtime Report)

Patent Infringement Suit Against Real Estate Sites (Property Portal Watch)

Syrian opposition seeks to wipe the Assad name off the map — via Google (The Washington Post)