Wearable devices can now harvest our brain data. Australia needs urgent privacy reforms

Summary

1. Neurotechnology wearables track brain activity, aiding meditation and sleep monitoring.
2. The Australian Human Rights Commission highlights risks to privacy.
3. Children using wearables currently lack privacy protection.
4. Reforms needed for transparency, control over data, and ethical, legal treatment of neural information.

References

• Media Check: Conversation - Media Bias/Fact Check  (HIGH CREDIBILITY)
• Collections |The Runway (airforce.gov.au)
• RAAF RUNWAY: RATIONALE, GUIDELINES, LEARNING OUTCOMES, ETC