Whereas flight information, photos, and movies should not collected and synced with DJI by default throughout DJI’s shopper and enterprise drone merchandise, drone operators have at all times had the choice to opt-in and sync this information primarily based on private choice, and in instances the place they should ship their drone to DJI for restore or after-sales service.
DJI regularly evaluates its information coverage in step with market calls for and privateness expectations. As such, beginning June 2024, DJI will now not provide the choice for shopper and enterprise drone operators in america to sync their flight information to DJI’s servers.
Moreover, thumbnail previews will now not be generated and proven on the DJI Fly app interface for shopper drones globally. Enterprise drone operators should not affected, as their drones didn’t characteristic thumbnails to start with.
Key Dates
From June 12 onwards
U.S. solely: The “Sync Flight Knowledge” possibility within the flight app’s Settings can be disabled. Operators who attempt to add their native flight information will obtain an error message that the add failed.
From June 27 onwards
U.S. solely: The “Sync Flight Knowledge” possibility will disappear from the Settings web page as a part of the following replace of DJI Fly (Mid-July for DJI Pilot 2).
International: Thumbnail previews will now not be generated or proven on the flight app interface as a part of the following replace.
DJI recommends that operators who’ve beforehand opted in to syncing their flight information with DJI, obtain and create a backup of their flight information as quickly as attainable.
Disabling the flight document sync possibility will solely take impact within the U.S. at the moment. DJI will assess consumer expertise and suggestions earlier than contemplating a broader rollout to different areas. This initiative demonstrates DJI’s continued dedication to putting a steadiness between consumer comfort and rising privateness expectations.
Further Data
If I’m primarily based exterior of the U.S., what adjustments will occur to my flight app if I fly within the U.S.?
If a consumer from one other area travels to the U.S. and generates flight information throughout their keep, these flight information won’t be synced to their flight information after leaving the U.S.
What’s going to occur if I don’t obtain the information saved within the cloud?
This modification doesn’t have an effect on regular flight features. Nonetheless, as soon as flight information which customers beforehand opted-in to sync on the server are deleted, the flight information can’t be retrieved.
If I’m from the U.S. however journey abroad, what occurs to my flight app?
When a consumer from america travels to a different area, the flight document synchronization toggle might reappear, permitting flight information generated in that area to be uploaded and downloaded usually. Nonetheless, upon returning to america, the flight document synchronization toggle can be disabled once more, and importing won’t be attainable.
Can I opt-out of this replace? I would like my flight information!
Please notice that you’ll nonetheless have the ability to entry your flight information manually. It is going to be saved within the controller or the SD card.
How will this replace have an effect on third-party apps?
Third-party flight software program that has been constructed by DJI’s Cellular SDK won’t be affected.
Will beforehand uploaded flight information be affected?
Flight information which have already been uploaded to the cloud are at present nonetheless obtainable for obtain. Nonetheless, these generated inside the U.S. can be deleted transferring ahead. To be certain that your priceless flight recollections should not misplaced, it is strongly recommended that customers inside america again up their cloud-based flight information as quickly as attainable.
If the consumer doesn’t replace the flight app, will the unique interface stay unchanged? Can flight information nonetheless be uploaded?
The consumer will have to be linked to the web as a way to try to add (or obtain beforehand uploaded) flight information. From June 12, operators will now not have the ability to add new flight information because the connection to the server would have already been disabled within the U.S. As a substitute, operators will see a “Obtain” button that they’ll use to entry and save a replica of their earlier flight information information manually to native storage within the subsequent replace.