professor john villasenor is a nonresident senior fellow at the brookings institution. thank you professor villasenor for being here today. john d. villasenor: thank you very much. members of the subcommittee, i appreciate the opportunity to testify on this important topic. i'm a nonresident senior fellow at the brookings institute and i am on the faculty at ucla. the views i am expressing are not necessarily those of the brookings institution, stanford, the university of california. i'm going to devote my remarks to the very important issue of privacy. it is important to start by acknowledging privacy is a legitimate concern. for the first time ever, unmanned aircraft systems are making it easy and inexpensive to obtain overhead imagery. the overwhelming majority of the time, operators and both the public and private sectors will be mindful of the need to respect privacy, but as the number of users and flights continue to grow, sometimes inadvertently or intentionally uas will be used in ways that violates privacy. to what extent are our current legal frameworks up to t

i want to welcome professor john villasenor. professor john villasenor is a nonresident senior fellow at the brookings institution. thank you professor car for car for being here today. >> thank you very much. members of the subcommittee, i appreciate the opportunity to testify on this important topic. among the faculty. the views i am expressing are not necessarily those of the brookings institution stanford the university of california. it it is important to start by acknowledging privacy is a legitimate concern. unmanned aircraft unmanned aircraft systems are making it easy and inexpensive to obtain overhead imagery. both the public and private sectors, mindful of the need to respect privacy, but as the number of users and flights continue to grow sometimes inadvertent -- inadvertently or intentionally uas has been used in ways that violates privacy. to what extent are our current legal frameworks up to the task? i believe existing legal frameworks will provide substantially more protection. that does not mean there is no nee

i want to welcome professor john villasenor. thank you professor for being here today. villasenor: thank you very much. i appreciate the opportunity to testify today. i am a nonresident senior fellow, and i'm a national fellow at stanford. the views i am expressing are my own. i'm going to devote my remarks to the issue of privacy. it is important to acknowledge that privacy is a legitimate concern. for the first time ever unmanned aircraft systems are making it easy and inexpensive to obtain overhead imagery. u.s. operators will monitor the need to respect privacy. as the number of users increase and technology improves, simple statistics make it inevitable that sometimes you a yes will be used in ways that violate privacy. to what extent are our legal frameworks addressing the task. i believe our legal framework will provide more substantial protection. it means we have to have a full appreciation for the power of the law we already have. if framework for privacy depends on who is making the observation. if the government operates it, the fourth amendment. for private