Privacy, Guarantor opens investigations for the use of drones in Bari and Rome

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03 September 2021 The Privacy Guarantor wants to understand us more and has opened investigations into initiatives that involve

too easily

.

The increasingly frequent use of these tools for the most diverse purposes could be harmful to the

filmed. In recent days, explains a note from the guarantor, the Authority intervened to ascertain the correct processing of data carried out through the use of drones with a request for information sent to the

.

According to a press release on the institutional website and press reports, the Entity, in addition to the fleet of drones already used by the local police, would like to use others to monitor '' any gatherings incompatible with the limitations due to the management of Covid pandemic ''. The Municipality must provide the Guarantor with all the requested information within 20 days (technical characteristics of the drones, purposes pursued, retention times of the images, communications to third parties), by sending a copy of any impact assessment on data protection provided for by the Regulation. EU.

At the end of August - the note continues -, a similar request for information was sent to

. According to press reports, in fact, from next autumn the Local Police of Rome will be equipped with 9 small drones for the monitoring and control of the city territory (environmental crimes, illegal waste, toxic fires, building abuses, traffic needs). With the start of the investigation, the Guarantor intends to verify the impact of the initiative on the privacy of the persons concerned and the timely compliance with the legislation on data processing. Within 20 days, Roma Capitale, in addition to providing the requested information, must send a copy of the impact assessment or specify the reasons why it did not consider it necessary to carry it out.

Finally, on 3 September - continues the note -, a request for information was sent to the

to verify the correct processing of personal data, including health-related data, as part of an initiative scheduled for 4 and 5 September on the beaches of Ostia. According to press reports, the health company intends to measure the body temperature of all people on the beach using a drone. Considering the delicacy of the personal data processing that is intended to be carried out, in the absence of a clear legal basis that can legitimize them, the Guarantor has asked the company to provide a series of clarifications. Within 7 days the company must specify, among other things, who is the data controller of the data of the persons subjected to body temperature measurement, the reasons for the detection, the reliability of the instruments used,the expected consequences for those who are found to have a temperature higher than the physiological one, what information will be provided to the interested parties and how it will be provided.