### Definitions-Brief Description of Current and Future Capacities
Earth observation technology may also contribute to implementing and ensuring compliance with multilateral environmental agreements ([PERSON], 2005) and they have been actually used to monitor the implementation of environmental agreements such as the World Heritage Convention, the Convention of Biological Diversity, the Ramsar Convention, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. In some countries, such as the Netherlands, earth observation technology is also used in the preparation of 'environmental impact reports' to obtain permits for new water projects, in order to verify their compliance with the legal framework5. Another significant application of remote sensing technologies in environmental law enforcement refers to collecting reliable information that can provide solid evidence to combat environmental crime ([PERSON] et al., 2020). However, remote sensing technologies as means of proof are subject to certain limitations and are therefore preferably used as complementary means of proof. In particular, data collected by remote sensing technologies are of digital nature which means that they are subject to alterations and thus need to be verified6. In addition, strict control of the whole process of data collection and interpretation is essential, from the moment the data is obtained, in order to avoid wrong evidence ([PERSON], 2018). Footnote 4: Available online: [[https://ec.europa.eu/environment/legal/compliance_en.htm](https://ec.europa.eu/environment/legal/compliance_en.htm)]([https://ec.europa.eu/environment/legal/compliance_en.htm](https://ec.europa.eu/environment/legal/compliance_en.htm)) (accessed on 5 April 2021). Footnote 5: ESA Workshop Evidence from Space, Document ESA-ISPL/EO 47, 5 October 2010, Available on line: [[https://www.space-institute.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Workshop-Information-Package-Final.pdf](https://www.space-institute.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Workshop-Information-Package-Final.pdf)]([https://www.space-institute.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Workshop-Information-Package-Final.pdf](https://www.space-institute.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Workshop-Information-Package-Final.pdf)) (accessed on 5 April 2021). Privacy and Data Protection: Legal Issues from the Use of Remote Sensing Technologies for Environmental Monitoring and Environmental Law Enforcement  
Technology has always been a threat to the right to privacy, in other words, to \"the right to be le(f)t alone\" ([PERSON], 1890). In spite of several attempts that have been made to define privacy, no universal definition of privacy could be created. Although the claim for privacy is universal, its concrete form differs according to the prevailing societal characteristics, the economic and cultural environment ([PERSON], 2016). There are--among others--the following forms of privacy: information privacy and location privacy. Informational privacy indicates much more as informational section, a refugium for the individual. Informational privacy rests on the premise that information about ourselves is something over which individuals may exercise autonomy. Location privacy refers to the right of individuals to move in their \"home\" and other public or semi-public places without being identified, tracked or monitored ([PERSON], 2009). In this sense, the use of remote sensing technologies in the current era may interfere with the rights to informational and location privacy. Observation of private spaces with remote sensing technologies or the location of a person (even without collection of data) or even the correlation of collected data with other data may reveal information about individuals' (private) life. Especially when using drones also the so called \"bodily privacy\" could be affected. As \"bodily privacy\" we understand also the right to keep bodily functions and body characteristics private ([PERSON], 2009).