This one hour webinar is the first in a series of 2 webinars which aims to raise awareness on legal and privacy issues and also to provide an understanding of public safety and community attitude under current Australian law when deploying drones into the research. Speakers: 1- Considerations for marine research drone operation on the Great Barrier Reef: Melanie Olsen (AIMS) 2- The privacy implication of using drones under current Australian law: Prof.Des Butler (QUT) 3- Drones and geospatial data: A look at the legal and ethical issues [IP and copyright]: Assoc.Prof.Leanne Wiseman (Griffith University) Who would benefit from attending: -Data managers and Data Librarians -Data scientists, analysts, developers and technologists -Researchers (Academia, Industry and Government) -Environmental & geoscientific research data community -Research Office, Ethics committee members, Legal counsel for institutions