The Future of Drone Use

Bart Custers PhD MSc LLM is associate professor and head of research at eLaw, the Center for Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden University, the Netherlands. With a background in both law and physics, his research is focused law and digital technologies. He is also the former head of the research division on Crime, Law Enforcement and Sanctions of the research center (WODC) of the Ministry of Security and Justice in the Netherlands. His research interests include discrimination and privacy issues of new technologies, particularly data mining and profiling, and technology in policing. His research in the area of criminal law is focused on technologies that may contribute to law enforcement, criminal investigation and prosecution. Examples of such technologies are Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR), wiretapping, fingerprints, forensic DNA research, database coupling, data mining and profiling, camera surveillance, network analyses and the use of drones. Dr. Custers has published two books on discrimination and privacy in the context of Big Data. In 2015 he co-authored (in Dutch) a book on the use of drones. On a regular basis he gives lectures on profiling and privacy issues of new technological developments. He presented his work at international conferences in the United States, China, Japan, the Middle East and throughout Europe. He has published his work, over 80 publications, in both scientific and professional journals and newspapers.

Part I - IntroductionChapter 1:Drones Here, There and Everywhere: Introduction and Overview Chapter 2:Drone Technology: Types, Payloads, Applications, Frequency Spectrum Issues and Future DevelopmentsChapter 3:Big Data, Drone Data: Privacy and Ethical Impacts of the Intersection Between Big Data and Civil Drone Deployments Part II –Opportunities and ThreatsChapter 4:Deliveries by Drone: Obstacles and SociabilityChapter 5:Policing from Above: Drone Use by the Police Chapter 6:The Humanitarian Drone and the Borders: Unravelling the Rationales Underlying the Deployment of Drones in Border SurveillanceChapter 7:The Humanitarian Use of Drones as an Emerging Technology for Emerging NeedsChapter 8:Terrorism and National Security Part III – Ethical Issues Chapter 9:The Humanization of Drones: Psychological Implications on the Use of Lethal Autonomous Weapon- Systems Chapter 10:Un-Manned? The Bodily Harms and Moral Valor of Drone WarfareChapter 11:Victims of Drone Warfare: Stretching the Boundaries of Conflict; Ethics and Remote Control WarfareChapter 12:Drones, Morality and Vulnerability: Two Arguments Against Automated KillingPart IV – Legal IssuesChapter 13:Key Provisions in Current Aviation LawChapter 14:Civilian Use of Drones as a Test Case for the Right to Privacy: An Israeli PerspectiveChapter 15:Access to an Effective Remedy and Reparations for Civilian Victims of Armed Drone StrikesChapter 16:A Comparative Global Analysis of Drone Laws: Best Practices and PoliciesPart V – ConclusionsChapter 17:Making Drones More Acceptable with Privacy Impact AssessmentsChapter 18:The Public Acceptance Challenge and Its Implications for the Developing Civil Drone Industry