Kevin Pomfret: Ethics Isn't Enough & The Case For Geospatial Law - MBM #28
Minds Behind Maps
English - September 01, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 66.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsEarth Sciences Science Mathematics conversations data data science earth observation entrepreneurship gis impact long form open source programming Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Kevin Pomfret is a Space and Spatial Corporate and Transaction Attorney at Williams Mullen and one of the references in terms of Law around spatial data & within the geospatial community more globally.
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About Kevin:
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- More about him
Shownotes:
- Geospatial World's Ambassador of the Year
- CCPA: California Consumer Privacy Act
- GDPR: General Data Protection Regulation
- Locus Charter
- Github Copilot
- Books & Podcasts:
- Space Business Podcast
- Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
02:11 Kevin Presents Himself
06:33 Geosptial Law back in the Early 2000s
09:43 The Satellite Imagery is a Tricky Legal Problem
14:24 Law-markers don't yet understand the Nuances of Location Data
17:38 Getting Individual Consent for Location Data doesn't always make sense
20:26 Law is Hard to Get a Grasp Over
26:10 Kevin's Critical view on the Current Focus on Ethics
31:37 The Differences between Ethics & Law
34:17 Why is the Geospatial Community so Focused on Ethics over Law?
40:48 The Impact of Covid on Location Data Law
45:42 Location Data Law Issues go Way Beyond Covid
46:56 How Laws get Written
49:35 Getting Laws Changed
53:33 International Dynamics
56:09 Teaching Geospatial Law & Ethics
01:08:29 Book & Podcast Recommendations
Feel free to reach out!
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