Reports suggest that the Obama administration is contemplating to issue an executive order to formulate privacy guidelines for commercial drones operating in US airspace. The executive order puts the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), an arm of the Commerce Department, in charge of developing the guidelines. So one of the ... Weiterlesen

The House of Lords enquire if the conditions concerning the civil use of drones were right “for the industry to take off”. The committee’s chair, Baroness O’Cathain, said that “the rise of civilian use of drones across the EU is staggering. In the UK alone the number of permissions granted for ... Weiterlesen

The European Commission published on 2 July 2014 a Communication on the data-driven economy. This is in response to the European Council's Conclusions of October 2013, which focused on the digital economy, innovation and services as drivers for growth and jobs and called for EU action to provide the right ... Weiterlesen