Responsibly Flying Your Drone

Responsible flying of Remote Controlled Aircraft

Your remote controlled aircraft is designed for fun, but you must also remember to take due care whenever you use it. Under UK law remote controlled aircraft flown on a commercial basis or that are fitted with cameras are treated as standard aircraft. Please observe the appropriate laws when flying and also consider the safety of anyone that may be nearby.

Remember:

1. You are totally responsible for the safe conduct of each flight

2. You must keep the drone within your sight at all times

3. You are responsible for avoiding collisions with other people or objects – including aircraft, plan your flights beforehand if necessary

4. You must keep your drone at least 150m away from a congested area (such as residential streets, town centres etc).

5. You must not fly your drone within 50m of a person, vehicle, building or structure, or over groups of people at any height

6. If you intend to use your aircraft (with camera) for any kind of paid work you must obtain permission from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)

7. Never fly your aircraft near any airport, airfield or power installation (such as substations and pylons)

This is not a toy, these are aircraft and subject to UK Aviation Law. Anyone breaking the law can face criminal prosecution.

Go to www.caa.co.uk/uas for the full details on how to use your aircraft safely.

If your remote controlled aircraft is capable of taking images please also observe the following:

In accordance with Data Protection legislation (Data Protection Act 1998) consent should be obtained from any individual who is the focus of a video recording in order to process his/her personal data fairly. Where a recording involves individuals other than the main players, then, in some circumstances, the images of other individuals may constitute personal data and the data protection regime may come into play, particularly where the video conveys information of biographical significance to the individual concerned. However, where filming takes place in a public place, the fact that a passer-by is captured in the film in the background and is able to be identified by individuals who know him/her does not in itself make the image personal data and consent is unlikely to be required to put the video on YouTube or incorporate it in an Open Educational Resource (OER).

For any more information on this please see the following website for all information on the data protection act http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/29/contents

This information is not exhaustive and is provided as a guide. To the best of our knowledge the information provided is correct at time of publication 25.5.2014