Critical Infrastructures, Use of Drones and Data Protection Impacts

The article analyzes the impact of the data protection regulation on the use of drones through a comparative approach, which takes into account, on the one side, the European regulatory framework concerning, on the one side, the use of drones and, on the other side, the privacy regulations. The article also investigates the member States' regulation on the use of drones and the provisions of the data protection national authorities. Summary: 1. Introduction. Drones: uses and categories – 2. The Legal Framework of Critical Infrastructures – 3. Main Issues and Revised Legal Framework – 4. Use of Drones and Data Protection Before the GDPR – 5. The Intersection between Data Protection and Drones EU Regulatory Frameworks – 6. Member States’ Regulations on the Use of Drones – 7. The Results of the Defender Project