While by law, any aircraft operation in the national airspace requires a certificated and registered aircraft, a licensed pilot, and operational approval, § 33 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, permits the FAA to allow waivers for commercial drone use. On August 20, 2015 the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that
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Privacy rights group speaks out against FAA’s proposed framework on commercial use of drones
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Data Privacy
On March 31, 2015, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a petition against the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) proposed rule on commercial drone use, in the D.C. Circuit. EPIC believes that the FAA did not create privacy safeguards in its proposed rule as mandated by Congress. EPIC explains in its petition that Congress…