The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released a 'road map' for letting drones fly with civilian aircraft by 2015 in the United States.
FAA said its plan will outline what 'regulations, technologies, standards and policies' will be needed to accommodate safe operations for drones.
According to Politico, the agency however gave no indication that it plans to require privacy protections for people on the ground when drones are used nationwide.
In the early days of the rulemaking on the issue, the FAA insisted it was not in the business of ensuring privacy - only safety.
The FAA said six test sites, expected to be picked by year's end, will be required to obey all existing federal, state and local laws on privacy as well as taking measures to ensure data accountability, the report added.
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