FAA Addresses Privacy in Domestic Drone Testing Rules, Leaves Out Specifics

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2013.  The Federal Aviation Administration today announced its rules for the testing of domestic drones in six areas around the country. The rules say that the state or local agencies overseeing the test sites must have publicly available plans for privacy, data use, and data retention, and that privacy practices must be annually reviewed and open to public comments. However, the FAA did not specify what those privacy practices should be.