The Legal and Privacy Implications of Remotely Piloted Aircraft

Sarre, Rick (2014) 'The Legal and Privacy Implications of Remotely Piloted Aircraft', Issues Magazine, vol. 109, pp. 40-42, December 2014

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Rick T Sarre

University of South Australia - School of Law

Date Written: 2014

Abstract

In December 2011, I arrived with my wife at an Elton-John concert that was being held in the grounds of a suburban brewery in Adelaide. I noticed, about 10 metres above us, a whirring little helicopter that was zooming over the heads of the thousands of concert-goers heading to the entry gates. Later someone explained to me that this miniature model aircraft was carrying a sophisticated computer that drove a motor and a surveillance camera. The information it provided had been simultaneously relayed to the organisers of the event so that they could ensure that the crowd was being marshalled into the grounds in an orderly fashion...

Keywords: privacy, surveillance, aircraft, legal implications

Suggested Citation

Sarre, Rick T, The Legal and Privacy Implications of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (2014). Sarre, Rick (2014) 'The Legal and Privacy Implications of Remotely Piloted Aircraft', Issues Magazine, vol. 109, pp. 40-42, December 2014, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2568923

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