The Spatial Law and Policy Update (March 24, 2012)

Privacy

License plate recognition cameras in British gas stations may be repurposed to prevent those without car insurance from filling up (MSN)

Mobile app privacy: You get what you pay for GSMA privacy-by-design guidelines embraced by carriers ... but not app stores (The Register)

China's New Privacy Regulations Go Into Effect (Chronicle of Data Protection)

It's Not All About You: What Privacy Advocates Don't Get About Data Tracking on the Web (The Atlantic)

Drones in U.S. Need to Fly Within Privacy Rules: View (Bloomberg)

Liability

‘Make a legal U-turn when possible’ (TopGear)

Intellectual Property

A One Word Fix To Pinterest's Legal Problem (Forbes)

DOES AUGMENTING ART INFRINGE ITS COPYRIGHT? (Augmented Legality)

GNSS

Man Tracks Stolen Phone Using GPS, Leads To Arrest (WOWT News)

Cellphone GPS won't always help your rescuers (North Shore News)

LightSquared Says FCC's Proposal Would Undermine Wireless Investment, Create Regulatory Uncertainty (LBS Zone)

Remote Sensing

North Korea announces plan to launch satellite in mid-April (BNO News)

Smart Grid

Smart meter oversight bill heads to Senate (Manchester Journal)

AN ACT CONCERNING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS DATA SHARING (Connecticut General Assembly)

Smart-meter injunction denied Anti-smart meter groups plan to continue their fight against smart-meters (CFJC TV)

Law Enforcement

The CIA wants to spy on you through your dishwasher (The Daily Caller)

Social media role in police cases growing (USA Today)

GPS monitor removed by man before he killed estranged girlfriend, self in Mesa was working (The Republic)

FBI Still Struggling With Supreme Court's GPS Ruling (NPR)

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BROWN COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA (Supreme Court of South Dakota)

Spy cameras for traffic wardens (The Telegraph)

Crowd Sourcing

Webcam case is 'cautionary tale' for Internet users (The Tennessean)

Internet Regulation

As ITU Eyes the Internet, Where is Civil Society? (Center for Democracy and Technology)

Cell phones: new tool for data collection (Khaleej Times)

Miscellaneous

Next-Gen Retail: When Physical And Virtual Worlds Merge (Forbes)

Fed driver distraction guidelines make navigation unusable (c/net)

Navigating the Anthropocene: Improving Earth System Governance (Earth System Governance)

Remarks by Director David H. Petraeus at In-Q-Tel CEO Summit (CIA)