Improving Privacy Policy Information for Consumers

Funding or Partner Organisation: Australian Communications Consumer Action Networ (Australian Communications Consumer Action Network Grants)

Start year: 2015

Summary: This project is the first stage of a proposed multi-stage project that examines the problem of attaining the informed consent of consumers for the privacy policies of consumer contracts ¿ an issue that impacts upon the fairness of contracts and the ability of consumers to protect their privacy. The project focuses on four communications industries in order to provide a broad picture of privacy and consumer fairness concerns. The project aims to deliver a number of draft recommendations for ways to improve the communication of important privacy information to consumers, for the consideration of the Australian Privacy Commissioner (APC), the ACCC, and industry and consumer groups.

Publications:

Fraser, MH, Webb, J & briedis, M Australian Communications Consumer Action Network 2016, Improving the Communication of Privacy Information for Consumers, pp. 1-90.

FOR Codes: Communications and Media Policy, Law Reform

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.