This data was gathered to investigate the perspectives of privacy and data protection held on the one hand by local community residents in Malawi with regard to drone activity by humanitarian organisations in their community, and on the other hand by humanitarian organisations on their drone data collection and processing activities in these communities. It consists of 6 audio recordings of focus group discussions the researcher held with residents in the districts of Rumphi and Karonga in Northern Malawi, 22 audio recordings of interviews with humanitarian professionals and government officials in Malawi, and 20 answered questionnaires duly filled by the said humanitarian professionals and government officials