Because Freedom Can’t Protect Itself

Someone’s Watching You: Regulating Drones’ Eyes in the Sky

Biennial Leadership ConferenceJune 9, 2013

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Clockwise from top left: A Predator B drone used by Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a quad-copter on the beach in Australia, and a digital camera mounted on a police drone.

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Clockwise from top left: A model of an insect-sized U.S. Air Force drone held by a Micro Air Vehicles staffer, an ecologist launches a drone by hand, and an AeroVironment nano-drone, camouflaged to look like a hummingbird.

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Map of Domestic Drone Certificates of Waiver or Authorization– (Electronic Frontier Foundation - https://www.eff.org/foia/faa-drone-authorizations)

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Map of Domestic Drone Test Site Applications – (FAA - http://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/uas/media/UAS_testsite_map.pdf#page=1&zoom=page-fit,0,612)

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Difference Between Drones and Manned Aircraft

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The 4th Amendment & Relevant Case Law

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State Legislation

www.aclu.org

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