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by todd8 2955 days ago
Under the Texas Privacy Act of 2013 [1], a drone operator capturing an image of a person on private property is subject to a $5000 civil penalty. Distributing the image can result in significantly higher damages. If done to surveil it becomes a crime in addition to a civil penalty.

[1] http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/83R/billtext/html/HB009...