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‘Drone’ or ‘unmanned aircraft’ is the term commonly used to describe an aircraft which does not have a human pilot physically on board but instead is controlled remotely through pre-flight and in-flight programming and operation by a pilot in command on the ground, as mandated by current regulations.

Other terms are sometimes used, often formally, to describe a drone, the most common being:

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   remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS)

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   unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

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   unmanned aircraft system (UAS)

UAV means the drone itself and is regarded as a subset of the UAS. The other elements of the system include command and control links, sensors and or data recording devices, and a computer or tablet device for data storage.

This Practice Note considers the following privacy and data protection issues arising in relation to the civilian use of drones:

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   Why do drones raise data protection issues?

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   UAS regulations

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   The United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) regime as it applies to drones

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   Surveillance

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   Ownership of data recorded by drones

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   Data