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Kathleen Martin
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Drones pose challenging risk management and insurance questions. Clyde & Co says one major reason is because they are an aviation product that crosses over into other industries. According to the global law firm, Australian and international regulatory bodies and insurers are still struggling to address the implications.
“Something that is consuming a lot of time and attention at the moment is privacy,” said Dr Tony Tarr (pictured above), a Brisbane based senior consultant at Clyde & Co with extensive insurance law experience dealing with the development, regulation and insurance of drones.
In February, Clyde & Co announced the publication of Drone Law and Policy. The firm’s media release described the book as the “first of its kind” for outlining drone risks and the evolving regulatory frameworks in Australia, the US, UK and Europe. Tarr was a contributor and editor.
Privacy and data protection are key concerns, said Dr Tarr, because few countries have data protection regulations that are sophisticated enough to deal with the implications of drones.
“The exception is Europe that’s got quite general data protection regulations that drill down into privacy and data protection issues,” he said.
Read more: Drones: first ever book lifts lid on insurance implications
The surveillance abilities of drones are the crux of the issue.
“There’s increasing sophistication in their surveillance equipment and their capacity to invade spaces and areas that would otherwise be impossible for non-invited individuals to attend. This is causing major concerns,” said Dr Tarr.
The case of the Chinese global drone company, DJI, provides an example, he said. The company is still a major supplier of drones to US law enforcement agencies despite the fact the Pentagon has referred to Chinese drones as a security threat. Dr Tarr said the concerns focused around the Shenzhen headquartered company’s use of data.
“Those were concerns associated with the extent to which data collected by drones and utilizing artificial intelligence was distilling from millions of bytes of material those crystal pieces that are of utility, such as power station connectivities and other information around, for example, mining assets,” said Dr Tarr.
According to a Washington Post report in February, DJI is currently facing the prospect of further action by US regulators over its ties to Beijing’s security apparatus that could ‘‘severely limit” its access to US markets.
Continue reading: https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/au/news/technology/the-evolving-challenge-drones-and-data-protection-406530.aspx
“Something that is consuming a lot of time and attention at the moment is privacy,” said Dr Tony Tarr (pictured above), a Brisbane based senior consultant at Clyde & Co with extensive insurance law experience dealing with the development, regulation and insurance of drones.
In February, Clyde & Co announced the publication of Drone Law and Policy. The firm’s media release described the book as the “first of its kind” for outlining drone risks and the evolving regulatory frameworks in Australia, the US, UK and Europe. Tarr was a contributor and editor.
Privacy and data protection are key concerns, said Dr Tarr, because few countries have data protection regulations that are sophisticated enough to deal with the implications of drones.
“The exception is Europe that’s got quite general data protection regulations that drill down into privacy and data protection issues,” he said.
Read more: Drones: first ever book lifts lid on insurance implications
The surveillance abilities of drones are the crux of the issue.
“There’s increasing sophistication in their surveillance equipment and their capacity to invade spaces and areas that would otherwise be impossible for non-invited individuals to attend. This is causing major concerns,” said Dr Tarr.
The case of the Chinese global drone company, DJI, provides an example, he said. The company is still a major supplier of drones to US law enforcement agencies despite the fact the Pentagon has referred to Chinese drones as a security threat. Dr Tarr said the concerns focused around the Shenzhen headquartered company’s use of data.
“Those were concerns associated with the extent to which data collected by drones and utilizing artificial intelligence was distilling from millions of bytes of material those crystal pieces that are of utility, such as power station connectivities and other information around, for example, mining assets,” said Dr Tarr.
According to a Washington Post report in February, DJI is currently facing the prospect of further action by US regulators over its ties to Beijing’s security apparatus that could ‘‘severely limit” its access to US markets.
Continue reading: https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/au/news/technology/the-evolving-challenge-drones-and-data-protection-406530.aspx
