Couldn't, there's no legal requirement for anyone to record and publish ADS-B transmissions.
> data that cannot easily linked to an individual (number plates are not protected by themselves)
This is incorrect, number plates of cars belonging to individuals are going to be protected in almost any context you'd be storing them in.
> This jet isn’t owned by musk, it’s owned by a company
Doesn't matter, Musk isn't the only person with a plane. I own my own plane, it gets tracked by these sites.
> Journalists (including citizen journalists) also have broad protections in European law and those must be weighed against the GDPR protections
Websites like flightradar24.com are not journalists, but data brokers. That's simply ridiculous.
>There’s so much nuance to this that it’s possible this might fall under GDPR, but it very far from obvious.
No there isn't, this is crystal clear.
Couldn't, there's no legal requirement for anyone to record and publish ADS-B transmissions.
> data that cannot easily linked to an individual (number plates are not protected by themselves)
This is incorrect, number plates of cars belonging to individuals are going to be protected in almost any context you'd be storing them in.
> This jet isn’t owned by musk, it’s owned by a company
Doesn't matter, Musk isn't the only person with a plane. I own my own plane, it gets tracked by these sites.
> Journalists (including citizen journalists) also have broad protections in European law and those must be weighed against the GDPR protections
Websites like flightradar24.com are not journalists, but data brokers. That's simply ridiculous.
>There’s so much nuance to this that it’s possible this might fall under GDPR, but it very far from obvious.
No there isn't, this is crystal clear.