FAA Screws Up Again on Drones FAA Corrects Misleading Drone Registration Guidance To Law Enforcement
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngoglia/2015/12/21/attention-model-aircraft-flyers-faa-issues-misleading-registration-guidance-to-law-enforcement/ Loretta Alkalay, a former top attorney at the FAA and expert in drone laws, [who] pointed out that the notice to law enforcement officers was not only misleading but actually cited the incorrect regulatory section for law enforcement to rely on in requesting registration information. "It's obvious to me that in the FAA's zeal to register model aircraft it's not taking the proper time to legally vet the information disseminated. This notice to law enforcement is indeed likely to result in police officers questioning and even arresting model aircraft operators who have legally and properly decided to wait until the legal deadline to register." It seems to me that coupled with the misleading privacy FAQs I wrote about last week - where the FAA misstated the public availability of registrant names and home addresses - the people at the FAA responsible for this new registration requirement are either woefully incompetent or - worse - intentionally misleading the public and now law enforcement about its new registration requirements. It seems high time for the DOT Inspector General or Congress to step in." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently doing so -- my opinions expressed here are mine alone. _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
