Since commenting on an earlier draft of Drone Privacy Guidelines, AAUS has engaged with its membership via a survey, and generated discussion amongst AAUS membership advisory groups and other industry stakeholders.   

The main points from the AAUS submission were:

• The majority of AAUS members view community perception of privacy in relation to drone operations as extremely high and support the development of guidelines for drone operators.
• The privacy guidelines should provide a set of recommended best practice for industry to meet community expectations  in relation to privacy and be consistent with Australian Privacy Principles contained with the Privacy Act 1998.
• Any recommendations made in such guidance needs to be pragmatic, proportionate, not add additional burden to drone operators and be consistent with other regulation (ie. applicable Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998). 

Read AAUS' drone privacy submisson