Spatial Law and Policy Update (August 15, 2011)

Privacy

Privacy pirates: Self-regulation is a sinking ship (IT World)



Facial recognition App enables next-level web-stalking (Good Technology)



Data Quality

London Riots Facial Recognition Vigilantes Abandon Their Project (Forbes)



23% of UK motorists admit racing to beat satnav ETA (GPSbusinessnews)



Inaccurate geospatial data delays law enforcement (Geospatial World)



Intellectual Property Rights

Ministers Tell Agencies to Open Up Databases (stuff.co.nz)



Law Enforcement/National Security

Rioters' mobile phones could help police investigation (BBC)



BART pulls a Mubarak in San Francisco (EFF)



Summary of Electronic Communication Privacy Act (CDT)



License plate software stirs privacy debate (delawareonline)



GPS

Lightsquared update (NSGIC News)



Intelligent Transportation System

Ford investigates creating a mobile data network using the cars themselves (TMCnet)



Miscellaneous

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