The Spatial Law and Policy Update (March 14, 2012)

Privacy

Reading Over Your Shoulder: Social Readers and Privacy Law (The Wake Forest Law Review)

Proposed EU privacy rules could limit innovation and cost businesses (GSN)

NTIA Requests Comments on New Privacy Framework (Information Law Group)

Data Quality

Social networks breeding spatial junk Maps muddled by weak GPS, sloppy check-ins (The Register)

NASA leads effort to upgrade GPS satellite location systems (The Engineer)

Liability

Twitter Faces First Defamation Lawsuit In Australia (All Twitter)

Intellectual Property Rights

Mashups and Remixes: Loosen Up Copyright Law Says Dutch Government (GeoData Policy)

Law Enforcement/National Security

Geotagging poses security risks (U.S. Army)

GPS search warrant bill passes (Fredericksburg.com)

Naughty Neighbors on Google Maps (Google Maps Mania)

Smart Grid

In the matter, on the Commission’s own motion to review issues bearing on the deployment of smart meters by regulated electric utilities in Michigan (The Michigan Public Service Commission)

Scott County to use GPS tracking (USA Today)

GNSS

Chicago wasted thousands at O'Hare on GPS cellphones, vehicle trackers, investigation says (Chicago Tribune)

Solar Flares – the impact on OS Net and GPS (Ordnance Survey Blog)

UAV's

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: The FAA is Taking Them Seriously, Should You? (GSS Weekly)

Press Release – FAA Asks for Public Input on UAS Test Site Selection (FAA)

Drones, Dogs and the Future of Privacy (Wired)

Smart Grid

Smart grid consumer privacy: A little myth, a little method (Smart Grid News)

Miscellaneous

Police Blow Up Geocache (Not About the Numbers)

The rise of indoor geolocation (Proxima Mobile)

Spy-Gear Business to Be Sold (The Wall Street Journal)