Conference on Policy and Legal Framework for a Location-enabled Society
Latitudes and Attitudes: Zooming In On Geospatial Data,
Privacy and the Law in the Digital Age
The Status of National Geospatial Information Management and Systems
Workshop on Geotargeted Disaster Alerts and Warnings (The National Academies)
Geospatial Data Licensing Workshop (Presentations)
Introductory Remarks
Business Issue Panel
Joel Campbell, GIS Enterprises, LLC
Legal Issue Panel
Privacy - Recent Developments (U.S.)
There are a number of efforts underway within the United States that could impact the collection/use/transfer of location and other types of geospatial information. In some instances, regulating geolocation information is the primary purpose; in others regulation would be an indirect or unintended consequence of the proposed legislation/regulation.
Bills
TO BE ADDED FOR THIS CONGRESS
Cases
U.S. v. Skinner (Appeal from the US District Court Eastern District of Tennessee (Nos. 06-00100-001; 07-00089-005) - no reasonable expectation of privacy in data given off by voluntarily procured pay as-you-go cell phone)
Pineda v. Williams-Sonoma Stores, Inc. (California court finds that a zip code can be 'personally identifiable information)
ACLU v. United States Dept. of Justice (Judge agrees to ACLU request for information from Justice Department on its obtaining suspects' location from cell phones without a warrant)
U.S. v. Jones (Supreme Court case regarding law enforcement's use of GPS tracking device without a warrant)
Rules
Proposed Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (Federal Trade Commission)
Reports
Commercial Data Privacy and Privacy in the Internet Economy: A Dyanimic Policy Framework (Department of Commerce)
Protecting Consumer Privacy In An Era of Rapid Change (Federal Trade Commission)
