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[LEGAL] Drone Permits & Rules in Ontario #1

Open vbabineau opened 5 years ago

vbabineau commented 5 years ago

For those who want to fly the drone outside the allocated space or get their flying permits

Legal Requirements You need your certificate if you want to fly the drone. This will require you to take the class and brush up on safety and other regulation.

Privacy Drones equipped with cameras or that collect any sort of personal data need to abide by privacy laws. Flying and collecting data in neighbourhoods without asking for consent can get us fined as well as recording or taking pictures of people without consent. Drone privacy guidelines.

Get your drone flying certificate (basic & advanced).

If we ever need to maneuver a drone out of regulation or that carries dangerous load a Canadian citizen can on the team can apply for some purpose specific license called Special Flight Operation Certificate or SFOC.

Any non Canadian citizen or permanent resident that wants to fly drones in Canada, needs and SFOC to operate a drone.

aahme157 commented 5 years ago

Good Job Victor! Nice research! SFOC, Special Flight Operation Certificate, is another band, you can read about it as well. It gives a little more authorization than the Advanced.