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Australia’s privacy tsar warns new laws may be needed for smart glasses
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Discreet, camera-enabled smart glasses such as Meta’s Ray-Bans and Kmart’s Anko glasses may require new laws amid fears they could be used to “exploit or surveil vulnerable groups”, Australia’s privacy tsar has warned.
“Australia’s Privacy Act only applies to businesses and government agencies, not to individuals, and it only applies when those entities collect personal information.
Camera Icon Meta released its most recent Ray-Ban smart glasses earlier this year.
“Unlike other forms of technology, smart glasses may be used more discreetly, making it harder to know when you are being recorded.
Camera Icon Australian Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind said the proliferation of smart glasses would ‘fundamentally alter our experience of interpersonal interactions’.