Privacy & Data Protection

Privacy is considered a basic right or freedom that a person should be able to enjoy, like a right to be left alone or to be free from unnecessary intrusion into one’s personal life. It also has immense normative value, and what it means to “have privacy” can be talked about in terms of a person’s home or the physical territory they occupy, their body, their communications and their information.

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Emerging technologies such as 4G/5G networks have significant potential on UAVs equipped with cameras, sensors, and GPS receivers in delivering Internet of Things (IoT) services from great heights, creating an airborne domain of the IoT.
However, there are many issues to be resolved before the effective use of UAVs can be made, including security, privacy, and management.

Drone deployment within a Smart City context requires consideration of the appropriate privacy and regulatory legislation within a given jurisdiction. The following is an "guideline" produced by the Office of the Information Commissioner - Queensland, Australia

 Applying the legislation