Australia: Law Reform Commission to review the Privacy Act

The Federal Government is concerned that developments in information technology have outpaced our privacy laws, and it's asked the Australian Law Reform Commission to review the situation.

Now the Commission has released an issues paper and is calling for public submissions, as Chris Uhlmann reports.

Do Australians feel that their privacy is adequately protected? Is it possible for privacy laws to keep up with technology such as data matching, facial recognition and even body odour measurement? Do younger people care as much about privacy as their elders?

Australians want their personal, financial and employment details better protected from telemarketing firms, but their health information more freely available to hospitals, a new privacy report reveals.

Privacy: Review of the Privacy Act 1988

Issues Paper 31 Review of Privacy(IP 31, October 2006)

Computers, biometrics and Gen Y: Is privacy passé?