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FAA Admits Names & Addresses In Drone Registry Will Be Publicly Available (forbes.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the open-book dept.

Lauren Weinstein sends word about this admission by the FAA that has led many to have concerns about privacy. Forbes reports: "The FAA finally confirmed this afternoon that model aircraft registrants’ names and home addresses will be public. In an email message, the FAA stated: 'Until the drone registry system is modified, the FAA will not release names and address. When the drone registry system is modified to permit public searches of registration numbers, names and addresses will be revealed through those searches.'"

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  1. Re:Er... What's wrong with this exactly? by MikeDataLink · · Score: 4, Informative

    It is. I have a public data account that costs $2 a month that gives me access to that, and whole lot more.

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    Mike @ The Geek Pub. Let's Make Stuff!
  2. the facts speak for themselves. by gavron · · Score: 4, Informative

    You're confusing "uncontrolled" with "under nobody's control."

    Uncontrolled airspace (class G) means that it is not under ATC operations. See 14 CFR 91.126 (not 91.119 "Minimum safe altitudes").

    Further note explicitly 91.126(a)
    "Unless otherwise authorized or required, each person operating an aircraft on or in the vicinity of an airport in a Class G airspace area must comply with the requirements of this section." That's "must comply" not "optionally can choose to comply" or whatever. The use of this airspace is subject to FAA regulation and control.

    The FAA and its regulations are in full control of flight above ground in these United States. Uncontrolled airspace is airspace without direct Air-Traffic-Control facility control, not "outside FAA regulations, purvey, domain, nor control."

    That's from the ground up, not 400ft AGL, not 500ftAGL, not some small amount unless you lease them your airspace right of way...

    I guess I'm just not used to the attitude of "we can pretend the FAA has no power and do what we want because it pisses us off we have to register our UASs". Ultimately if you don't want to abide by the laws, that's your right. Making up ideas of why the FAA has no jurisdiction is just as nutty as those Sovereign Citizen people claiming the IRS is a hoax and that money they print is real.

    Res ipsa loquitur.

    Ehud