Reconciling Remote Sensing Technologies with Personal Data and Privacy Protection in the European Union: Recent Developments in Greek Legislation and Application Perspectives in Environmental Law

Maria Maniadaki, Athanasios Papathanasopoulos, Lilian Mitrou and Efpraxia-Aithra Maria
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Maria Maniadaki: School of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, 73100 Chania, Greece
Athanasios Papathanasopoulos: School of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, 73100 Chania, Greece
Lilian Mitrou: Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering, University of the Aegean-Greece, 81100 Mitilini, Greece
Efpraxia-Aithra Maria: School of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, 73100 Chania, Greece

Laws, 2021, vol. 10, issue 2, 1-19

Abstract: Using remote sensing technologies to ensure environmental protection responds to the need of protection of a right and a public good and interest. However, the increasing introduction of these technologies has raised new challenges, such as their interference with the rights of privacy and personal data, which are also protected fundamental rights. In this paper the importance of remote sensing technologies as tools for environmental monitoring and environmental law enforcement is analyzed, while legal issues regarding privacy and data protection from their use for environmental purposes are presented. Existing legislation for reconciling emerging conflicts is also examined and major European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) case law on the issue is approached. Finally, recent developments in Greek legislation and their application perspectives in environmental law are presented as a timely “case study”.

Keywords: Remote Sensing; personal data; privacy; drones; UAV; satellites; environmental monitoring; environmental law (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D78 E61 E62 F13 F42 F68 K0 K1 K2 K3 K4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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