The Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) does not believe the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) should oversee a voluntary drone privacy framework, Broadcasting & Cable reports. In comments to the NTIA, which was directed to oversee the voluntary drone standards process by President Barack Obama, the CDD said in its mobile app transparency and facial-recognition efforts, the NTIA “failed to accomplish anything significant.” The CDD also contends “the NTIA has a ‘major conflict of interest’ on privacy and can't represent the public's interest because it and parent Commerce Department have the primary function of promoting U.S. business interests,” the report states. The CDD instead suggested the Federal Trade Commission should lead drone privacy efforts.
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