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Australia plans smartglasses regulations with right to erasure

Australian Communications Minister Michelle Rowland announced that upcoming regulatory frameworks for smartglasses will feature a 'right to erasure' to protect individuals captured on the devices.

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Australia plans smartglasses regulations

  • Australia is planning new regulations for smartglasses that will feature a right to erasure.
  • Australia's technology watchdog recommends that smartglasses should blur faces by default.

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  1. Aug 31 · 6:14 AM

    Australia's technology watchdog recommended that smartglasses blur faces by default.

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  • When the draft legislation or regulatory framework will be introduced to Parliament.
  • How tech manufacturers will be legally or technically required to implement the erasure feature.

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  1. Aug 31 · 6:14 AM

    Australia's technology watchdog recommended that smartglasses blur faces by default.

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