Modern Australian

94% of Australians do not read all privacy policies that apply to them – and that’s rational behaviour

  • Written by Katharine Kemp, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UNSW, and Co-Leader, 'Data as a Source of Market Power' Research Stream of The Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation, UNSW
94% of Australians do not read all privacy policies that apply to them – and that’s rational behaviourIt would take the average person 244 hours per year (6 working weeks) to read all privacy policies that apply to them.Shutterstock

Australians are agreeing to privacy policies they are not comfortable with and would like companies only to collect data that is essential for the delivery of their service. That’s according to new, nation-wide...