Progress on Drone Privacy Best Practices

Today, the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) circulated a Best Practices document that is being proposed by a diverse subgroup of stakeholders including leading privacy advocates, drone organizations and companies, and associations. The proposed Best Practices will be presented and discussed at the next meeting of the NTIA convened multi-stakeholder process concerning privacy, transparency, and accountability issues regarding commercial and private use of unmanned aircraft systems.

“These proposed draft principles recognize the value of drones for beneficial purposes, but also address in a practical way the privacy concerns they raise. Much careful negotiation and compromise went into ensuring privacy issues could be addressed in a way that is practical, so operators both large and small can comply,” said Jules Polonetsky, CEO, Future of Privacy Forum, a member of the subgroup proposing the Best Practices.