What is it about?
This early article on civil drones, first completed in December 2013 and published in Spring 2014, covers this new means of surveillance and data collection. It covers relevant privacy and data protection legislation and concerns about this new technology, on both sides of the Atlantic. NB: The link to the publication is to a proof of the article. For the version of record, please see the publisher's (Inderscience) website https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=60848. The DOI for this article is 10.1504/IJLSE.2013.060848.
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Why is it important?
This article points out the relative lack of legislative limits on the State use of this new surveillance technology; however, aviation restrictions have slowed down implementation in the past and this article compares this on both sides of the Atlantic. The relatively free hand given to EU member states in police and justice matters is also underscored, providing for domestic legislation such as France's internal security laws.
Perspectives
While drone use has developed exponentially since this article was written, underlying concerns about the "mission creep" of this new surveillance technology seem warranted, and the drone repurposing for other uses upon their initial repatriation from theaters of war was done for strategic reasons. The author foresaw that rather than drones becoming the impetus for federal privacy legislation in the U.S., with hindsight perhaps because of consumers' love of "gadgets" and the fact that they have become commonplace, the Snowden revelations may be seen to have had more of an effect on public opinion and, as has a more recent Cambridge Analytica affair, too.
W. Gregory Voss
Toulouse Business School
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This page is a summary of: Privacy law implications of the use of drones for security and justice purposes, International Journal of Liability and Scientific Enquiry, January 2013, Inderscience Publishers,
DOI: 10.1504/ijlse.2013.060848.
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Watcher from the skies
This is a press release by David Bradley for publisher Inderscience regarding my article "Privacy law implications of the use of drones for security and justice purposes," 6(4) International Journal of Liability and Scientific Enquiry 171-192 (2013).
Introduction: Drones and privacy
This is an introduction to my article, written by Professor Ronald C. Griffin, and available at the publisher website in open access. Food for thought!
Link to Inderscience Web Page for This Article
This link will allow the reader to acquire the version of record of my article.
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