Droneopticon: privacy implications of civilian drones in the EU

Civilian drones are increasing in their use. One of the reasons for their rising popularity and increased use, is affordability. They are used for recreational photography, delivering medicines, dousing fire, spraying crops, and even surveillance of individuals. As is the fate with all inventions, d...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Agarwal, Girish
Format: doctoral thesis
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2021
Country:España
Institution:CBUC, CESCA
Repository:TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red
OAI Identifier:oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/671726
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10803/671726
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Civilian drones
Drones civiles
Drons civils
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Summary:Civilian drones are increasing in their use. One of the reasons for their rising popularity and increased use, is affordability. They are used for recreational photography, delivering medicines, dousing fire, spraying crops, and even surveillance of individuals. As is the fate with all inventions, drones are also being regulated. Legislation is the most obvious armour against the negative social impacts of technology, in this case, visual privacy. But there are other negative social impacts, for example, property trespass, which may in combination with others, change the arithmetic of the legal liability. Therefore, this study investigates the impact on visual privacy of individuals, by the increasing use of civilian drones, and the nature of liability. This study also investigates the adequacy of the existing solutions to fight the violations of visual privacy by drones and their remote pilots.