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FAA 333 Exemption, sUAV and Drone News - Gowdy Brothers Aerospace
Gowdy Brothers Aerospace was interviewed as a subject matter expert by Fox 9 News regarding the latest updates on Part 107’s Release. Check it out here!
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Consensus was reached in a proceeding of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce on a set of privacy practices for the commercial and recreational use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), more commonly referred to as “drones.”
This agreement, reached on May 18, 2016, successfully concludes a process initiated by President Obama on February 15, 2015, when he called on NTIA to convene a multistake holder process to develop and communicate best practices in order to “promote the responsible use of this technology in a way that does not diminish rights and freedoms.”
In the resulting process, dozens of representatives of diverse industry sectors, civil society and academia formally met a half dozen times under the auspices of the NTIA.
The final best practices were drafted and supported by a combination of civil society groups:
and industry participants with diverse interests in the use, manufacture and/or sale of UAV technology:
X—formerly known as Google X
CTIA, Consumer Technology Association
as well as media groups:
The best practices, which apply to both business and private use of drones, are voluntary and do not supplant any applicable federal or state law. They nonetheless provide guidelines that may be helpful to businesses and hobbyists as they seek to use drones in a privacy-protective manner.
Highlights of the consensus best practices below.
Highlights of Consensus Best Practices
What’s Covered. The best practices apply to the collection, use or disclosure of data that identifies a particular person and will likely be linked to a person’s name or other personally identifiable information. Blurring a photograph or otherwise de-identifying data takes it outside the scope of the best practices.
Notice. As a general matter, businesses should offer a privacy policy if they anticipate collecting personal information.
Reasonable Expectation of Privacy. When individuals have a reasonable expectation of privacy, drone operators should not purposefully collect personal information unless they have permission or a compelling reason to do so. In addition, drone operators should avoid the persistent and continuous collection of personal information without permission or a compelling reason.
Minimize Flights Over Private Property. Drone operators should make a reasonable effort to minimize flying over or within private property without permission or legal authority, unless it would impede the purpose of the drone operation or conflict with FAA guidelines.
Timely Deletion or De-Identification of Personal Information. Drone operators should generally delete or de-identify personal information no longer needed for the purposes explained in their privacy policy, unless they have permission to keep it longer or if there are exceptional circumstances.
Limits on Public Disclosure. Operators should avoid knowingly making personal information public, except with consent or if necessary to fulfill the purpose for which the drone is used.
Specific Use Limits. Operators should not use personal information for employment eligibility, promotion or retention; credit eligibility; or healthcare treatment eligibility other than when expressly permitted by and subject to the requirements of a sector-specific regulatory framework or with permission.
Security. Drone operators should take reasonable measures to secure personal information collected via UAS.
Next Steps for Drone Privacy Concerns
The privacy best practices emerged from the NTIA process as many businesses eagerly await the FAA’s final rule for the widespread commercial use of drones, which the FAA has made clear will not address privacy issues.
In addition, the FTC has announced a public workshop on October 13, 2016 to address drone privacy issues.
For questions on the best practices produced through the NTIA’s multistakeholder process, please contact Gowdy Brothers Aerospace Consultants.
Source: PerkinsCoie: https://www.perkinscoie.com/en/news-insights/privacy-best-practices-for-commercial-and-private-drone-use.html
SHAKOPEE, Minn., April 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — FAA Airman and Airspace Rules Division (Federal Aviation Administration) announces 5,076 approved Section 333 exemption petition grants. The FAA further clarified there were another 7,000 petitions waiting to be approved as of April 20th at the FAA UAS symposium hosted by Embry-Riddle University. This is significantly up from approximately 50 approved exemptions this time last year. Nevertheless, there has been a recent slowdown as individuals, businesses, non-profits and governmental agencies all anticipate regulatory changes.
“The section 333 process for commercial UAS operations was never intended to be a long term solution – only a stop-gap while the FAA under section 332 gathers information and decides how to fully and safely integrate these unmanned aircraft into the National Airspace. To this end, the FAA has been diligently working on framing the new regulations to ensure the safety of persons, property, and airman.” stated Stephen Gowdy, Chief Pilot with Gowdy Brothers Aerospace, LLC, in a recent interview.
Anticipation for Part 107’s release has already had some impact on the stakeholders’ decision-making process. According to Jason Christenson, President with Gowdy Brothers Aerospace, LLC, a company which consults UAS operators, agencies and businesses with regulatory requirements, “…off hand, I would estimate that the number of Section 333 petition filings have dropped by about 20-30% in the last 45 days. This slow down is probably due, in part, from the anticipation of the small rule part 107 release and uncertainty with what those rules will ultimately contain. Despite the apparent slow-down in Section 333 filings, interest in providing UAS services, as a part of an existing business’ ancillary service or a new standalone service entirely, continues to climb to new, unprecedented levels.”
Among the proposed rules in Part 107, one of the most anticipated might be the FAA consideration for relaxing the current mandate on commercial UAS users to hold at a minimum of a Sports Pilot’s certification. “When the Pilot requirement is reduced to a “knowledge test” of some kind, the FAA will be immediately inundated with thousands upon thousands of applicants who do not currently hold a pilot’s certification but wish to operate for commercial purposes,” states Christenson. “Although the process for application may become more defined and a little less esoteric than the current 333 process, the requirements for application may immediately congest already strained FAA resources.”
So what actions should you take do in the meantime? Gowdy suggests that you avoid waiting for the new rules to be released by “hedging your bets” and go ahead and petition for the Section 333 exemption while waiting for Part 107. Part 107 still has several steps that it must take before becoming a part of the regulations. Among other steps, the small rule will need to go through a (circulatory) regulatory approval process. Currently, it is under review by the OMB [The Office of Management and Budget]. If the proposed rules are delayed at any point during the process, the FAA by law, will continue to operate under the Section 333 process in the meantime.
“At the end of the day, we encourage and assist our clients to take concurrent paths with the developing FAA process to position them in the best possible way, regardless of the outcome. This is an election year – anything can happen,” noted Gowdy.
Gowdy Brothers Aerospace, LLC (www.GowdyBrothers.com) is the nation’s leader in providing consulting services and assistance to organizations, companies and individuals who are seeking to ﬂy Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) commercially under Section 333 of the Modernization and Reform Act of 2012. Gowdy Brothers Aerospace leads the field in FAA section 333 petition filings. Gowdy Brothers assist with traditional N-number aircraft registration, COA (certificate of authorization/wavier), LOA (letters of authorization) to air traffic control, amendments to existing 333 holders to add 1,150 drones and additional purposes (such as motion picture, television, closed set filming and search and rescue operations to existing exemptions).
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Gowdy Brothers Featured In USA Today
LOS ANGELES – Drones are expected to be one of the hottest gifts for the holiday season. But buyer beware -there’s a lot more to owning a drone than taking home that new video camera.
Drones, on view in major force here at the International Drone Expo, which ends today, are legal for non-commercial use only. Industry experts, we interviewed here said photographers, real estate agents and others who want to use drones for their businesses need to put in a good 20 hours getting approvals from the Federal Aviation Administration.
And everyone needs to obey local rules–many cities, including New York and Phoenix, have banned the use of drones.
“The rules are pretty simple,” says Steve Petrotto, a product manager for Horizon Hobby, a Champagne, Illinois drone re-seller. “Don’t fly by airports, don’t fly over 400 feet, and don’t fly for commercial purposes.”
Drones fly in a cage on display at the International Drone Expo in Los Angeles. (Photo: Jefferson Graham)
That can be arranged–with what’s called a 333 waiver from the FAA, which requires 20 hours of training to learn how to fly–airplanes. Yes, that includes learning how to take off and land a plane. You’ll also need a sport pilot’s license.
At the Expo, we saw drones of every shape and variety on display–from a $30 mini drone toy to a $150,000 unit that was pitched as a helicopter.
That new eagerly awaited new drone from GoPro, called Kharma, wasn’t on display here, nor was that new Drone from DJI that can operate in the dark.
Edward Ren from AAE Technology in China displayed a huge new $250,000 model aimed at flying for way longer than a few minutes.
AEE’s F600 drone is positioned for long flights. (Photo: Jefferson Graham)
The larger FEE drone, “is for stability,” says Ren. “It’s for high altitude flight. Takes better wind resistance, and gets a high altitude. For law enforcement. This a drone for people who need go very far away, and needs to stay in the air for a very long time.”
The FAA predicts sales of over 1 million drones in 2015, and that easily dwarfs the 250,000 airplanes and helicopters that currently occupy out air space, says Keith Kaplan, the interim CEO of the Unmanned Ariel Vehicle Systems Association.
Source: USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/12/12/buying-drone-xmas-what-you-need-know/77178980/