Consumer advocates claim Aussies are subject to an ‘unacceptable’ number of privacy policies at any one time, most of which won’t protect people from data misuse.
Consumer advocacy group Choice on Friday said it was no surprise most people ignore the privacy policies in full from their smart devices, smartphone apps, websites they visited, and subscriptions and loyalty programs they’re a member of, given they contain a combined average 467,000 words of complicated legalese.
“Our research shows that notice and consent alone won’t protect Australians from data misuse,” Ms Bower said. “Australians should not be put in a position where they have to choose between accessing a product or service, and giving over their data to a business to use indefinitely in ways that could cause them harm,” Ms Bower says.
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