Private Property. Drones & Data Storage. A Legislative Trend.

Drones collect data. Data everywhere. Private data. Public Data.

Legislatures and local governments are focused on …How long that data is stored, under what conditions, and under what disclosure requirements is legislative fodder.

Are these private drones or public drones? Data release and data storage could apply to either. Here are 3 of the legislative questions:

• Are there penalties for a person’s private drone that collects data of someone’s private property?
• How long can law enforcement keep drone data?
• Can they release drone data if the data is superfilous to a criminal investigation?

Georgia is starting to tackle these issues with a focus on how much would it cost for law enforcement to keep or maintain non-investigative drone footage.

WABE Atlanta