**4. Setting the Limits between Conflicting Rights**

It is clear so far, that the importance of remote sensing technologies as tools for environmental monitoring and environmental law enforcement is undoubtable, however, the same time their use may cause considerable threats to the rights for privacy and personal data protection. In the following section, it is examined how a fair and balanced reconciliation of all rights could be achieved before technology significantly outpaces legislation<sup>9</sup> .
