Belgian Data Protection Authority held that helicopter flight data must be erased
The decision of the Belgian data protection authority of 14 July 2026 demonstrates that data technically concerning an aircraft may at the same time relate to an identifiable individual and that individual’s behaviour. The full text of the decision in our database is particularly relevant for controllers publishing location data and historical movement data.
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