‘Intrusive’ drones? US surveillance case tests privacy law

Michigan lawsuit over local government’s drone use in zoning dispute could jumpstart limits for fast-evolving issue across the US. — Photo by Jason Blackeye on Unsplash

WASHINGTON: A neighbour had already warned Todd Maxon of seeing something unusual hovering over his lakeside Michigan property – but then, suddenly, there it was.

"I walk out of my house, with my dog and kid, and here's a drone, directly above me," Maxon recalled of the 2018 incident.