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With FAA Lagging, President Obama Plans Executive Order on Drone Privacy

Politico reports that President Barack Obama plans to issue an executive order to develop privacy guidelines for commercial drones. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration would be put in charge of developing the guidelines.

The Federal Aviation Administration faces criticism for lagging in developing regulations about integrating commercial drones into U.S. airspace There is a September 2015 deadline for the FAA to issues rules on the operation of small commercial drones, Politico adds.