Drones for Infrastructure Inspection?

This morning, I saw a news clip about Excel Energy announcing the use of Drones for infrastructure inspection. Cool.

http://chic.clipsyndicate.com/video/play/5778511/xcel_energy_to_use_drone_technology_for_infrastructure_inspe?wpid=103

By builtonvision|2019-11-05T05:34:06+00:00November 1st, 2019|Blog|

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Built On Vision, LLC 31642 S Coast Hwy, Suite 100A Laguna Beach, CA 92651 949-373-4781 The last update to our Privacy Policy was posted on June 23, 2015. This document governs the privacy policy of our Website, www.BuiltOnVision.com. Any capitalized terms not defined herein will have the same meaning as where they are defined elsewhere on our Website. Definitions "Non-Personal Information" (NPI) is information that is in no way personally identifiable and that is obtained automatically when you access our Website with a web browser. "Personally Identifiable Information" (PII) is non-public information that is personally identifiable to you and obtained for us to provide you with a product or service. PII may include information such as your name, address, phone number, credit card information, and other related information that you provide to us. 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It is your responsibility to check the privacy policies of these websites to see how they treat your personal information. Information We Collect Generally, you control the amount and type of information you provide to us when using our Website. As a visitor to our Website, you can browse our Website to find out more about us. You are not required to provide us with any PII as a Visitor. However, if you register as a Member to use our Website, you must provide PII in order for us to provide you with various features and/or functionality from our Website. As a Member, we collect your PII in the following ways: At Member Registration When you register for membership, we collect your name and email address {and other information listed}. Online Forms There may be online forms used in our Website. The information you enter into these online forms may contain PII. Mobile Application If you use our mobile application, you may have to provide PII in order to use it. 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We may provide your PII to affiliates that provide services with regards to our Website (i.e. payment processors, webhosting companies, etc.); such affiliates will only receive information necessary to provide the respective Websites and will be bound by confidentiality agreements limiting the use of such information. Community Discussion Boards Our Website may offer the capability for Users to communicate with each other through online Community Discussion Boards. We do not filter or monitor what is posted on such discussion boards. If you chose to post on these discussion boards, you should use care when exposing any PII as such information is not protected by our Privacy Policy nor are we liable should you choose to disclose PII through such postings. 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