NSW Privacy Commissioner Doctor Elizabeth Coombs has called for amendments to be made to the Privacy and Personal Information Protection (PIPP) Act from 1998 to bring it in line with 21st Century privacy concerns.
Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has called for an improvement in website privacy policies after looking at 20 websites and finding that the median policy length was 3,413 words.
The corporate tenants of a Swedish high-tech office complex are <a href="http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/stockholm-office-workers-epicenter-implanted-microchips-pay-their-lunch-1486045">having RFID NFC chips implanted</a> in their hands, enabling access through security doors, as well as services such as copy machines, all without PIN codes or swipe cards.
Regulation may be the only way to improve website privacy policies according to former Australian Privacy Commissioner, Malcolm Crompton.