Korial

Every day your drones complete inspections. Then the data leaves - into the manufacturer's cloud, on the vendor's terms, in the vendor's format, often outside Europe. Europe has changed the rules. Since September 2025, the EU Data Act gives you the right to the data your connected devices generate - including the fleet you already own. From January 2027, cloud providers can no longer charge you to switch. A right on paper isn't data in your hands. If you operate a drone dock, this two-minute read covers what changed, and how operators are taking control of the data path without replacing a single aircraft.

If you fly drones from a dock, where does the data go - and who can reach it? Under NIS2, that answer has to come from you, not the vendor.

If you fly drones from a dock, where does the data go - and who can reach it? Under NIS2, that answer has to come from you, not the vendor.

A drone dock launches the mission, the drone completes the inspection, and the data leaves - over the aircraft's own link, into the manufacturer's cloud, often outside Europe, before your team sees it. Nobody decided that. It shipped that way. But under NIS2, operators in energy, chemicals, water and transport are responsible for the security of their supply chain, vendors and clouds included. And since September 2025, the EU Data Act says that data is yours. So when the auditor asks where the drone data goes and who can touch it, the answer has to come from you. A two-minute briefing on what changed - and what to do about it without grounding the fleet.

If you fly drones from a dock, where does the data go - and who can reach it? Under NIS2, that answer has to come from you, not the vendor.

If you fly drones over your site. The data may not stay there. Since September 2025, European law says it's yours - here's how to take control.