Congress has mandated the Federal Aviation Administration to open the skies to drones by 2015, and the drones’ cheap, light nature means everyone from real estate firms to oil and gas companies could potentially use them for their own purposes. But there are thus far no federal rules on privacy issues, and that’s leading a lot of U.S. states to ask how private drone use should be regulated. So far, laws have been enacted in Florida, Montana, Tennessee, Virginia and Texas—with bills pending elsewhere—which create law enforcement oversight. Other states have passed bills allowing drone-surveillance regulation by both public and private parties, The Washington Post reports. (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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