Location Privacy Workshop

The expanding use of spatial, mobile and context-aware technologies, the building of coordinated spatial data infrastructures and sensor-networks, and the use of location data as the foundation for many current and future information systems have profound implications for personal information privacy. This workshop will

1. explore diverse practices, perceptions and concerns of citizens, data developers, system developers, privacy advocates and users of spatial data and location-aware technologies in government and private industry,
2. explore the interconnectedness of location information and location technologies with personal privacy concerns,
3. evolve conceptual frameworks within which such links might be better understood and concerns accommodated,
4. consider the potential effects on spatial technology uses and developments of the legal options being suggested by scholars for protecting personal information privacy, and
5. make recommendations to the broad scientific and practitioner communities as well as to policy makers on directions and actions that would best balance the interests of all parties affected by spatial technologies.

The Relevance of Sensor Networks to National Parks

Co-sponsors:
Department of Spatial Information Science and Engineering and NCGIA - University of Maine
Technology Law Center, University of Maine School of Law
Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science and NCGIA – UC Santa Barbara

Funded by:
The University of Maine Intelligent Spatial Technologies Institute (grant NMA201-01-1-2003)


	Location Privacy Workshop Individual Autonomy as a Driver of Design Schoodic Peninsula, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA, 5-7 August 2004

> Home > Call for Abstracts > Steering Committee > Workshop Topics > Background Readings > Location & Facilities > Program > Photos > Contact	The expanding use of spatial, mobile and context-aware technologies, the building of coordinated spatial data infrastructures and sensor-networks, and the use of location data as the foundation for many current and future information systems have profound implications for personal information privacy. This workshop will 1. explore diverse practices, perceptions and concerns of citizens, data developers, system developers, privacy advocates and users of spatial data and location-aware technologies in government and private industry, 2. explore the interconnectedness of location information and location technologies with personal privacy concerns, 3. evolve conceptual frameworks within which such links might be better understood and concerns accommodated, 4. consider the potential effects on spatial technology uses and developments of the legal options being suggested by scholars for protecting personal information privacy, and 5. make recommendations to the broad scientific and practitioner communities as well as to policy makers on directions and actions that would best balance the interests of all parties affected by spatial technologies. The Relevance of Sensor Networks to National Parks Co-sponsors: Department of Spatial Information Science and Engineering and NCGIA - University of Maine Technology Law Center, University of Maine School of Law Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science and NCGIA – UC Santa Barbara Funded by: The University of Maine Intelligent Spatial Technologies Institute (grant NMA201-01-1-2003)