A BRAVE NEW WORLD: USING THE OUTER SPACE TREATY TO DESIGN INTERNATIONAL DATA PROTECTION STANDARDS FOR LOW-EARTH ORBIT SATELLITE OPERATORS

摘要

Hackers' ease in penetrating the Iridium constellation in 2015~(199) serves as an example of an incident that would clearly fall under the ambit of the proposed data protection amendments. Under the current regime, satellite data processors may continue to negligently leave end-user data vulnerable to malicious actors without any consequence, given the present complexities in identifying governing regulatory bodies, relevant law, and noncompliance by data processors and controllers.~(200)