“The Conseil dÉtat, the French administrative highest court, has just issued its decision on our case against surveillance drones deployed by the Parisian Police during the Covid lock-down. This decision is a major victory against drone surveillance. It sets as illegal any drone equipped with camera and flying low enough, as such a drone would allow the police to detect individuals by their clothing or a distinctive sign.
According to the Conseil dEtat, only a ministerial decree reviewed by the CNIL could allow the police to use such drones. As long as such a decree has not been issued, the French police will not be able to use its drones anymore. Indeed, todays decision is all about the Covid health crisis, a much more important purpose than those usually pursued by the police to deploy drones.”
First victory against French police drones (La Quadrature du Net, link)