Privacy and EO: An Overview of Legal Issues

George CHO

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    Abstract

    Vignette 1 In the state of New South Wales, Australia, authorities successfully prosecuted and fined a company for clearing land illegally after analysing satellite imagery. The company had cleared land for a golf course without permission. The company claimed that it did not know that permission was needed. After an eight day trial, the company was convicted, fined and ordered to pay costs. Vignette 2 The intervention of Rajasthan High Court was unable to save protected water bodies from encroachment. Court orders preventing the construction around lakes in Udaipur had been violated. These violation have shown up on satellite images obtained by the State Remote Sensing Application, Jodhpur.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationEvidence from Earth Observation Satellites
    Subtitle of host publicationEmerging Legal Issues
    EditorsRay Purdy, Denise Leung
    Place of PublicationThe Netherlands
    PublisherBrill
    Chapter11
    Pages259-292
    Number of pages34
    Volume7
    ISBN (Electronic)9789004234031
    ISBN (Print)9789004194434
    Publication statusPublished - 2013

    Publication series

    NameStudies in Space Law
    PublisherMartinus Nijhoff Publishers
    Volume7
    ISSN (Print)1871-7659

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