This may be useful for some people - "The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OACI) has unveiled a guide designed to help mobile app developers embed better privacy practices into their products.
The guide, Mobile privacy: A better practice guide for mobile app developers, recommends that developers use short privacy notices rather than lengthy policies which are hard to read on a small screen." <more> Link <http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/print/527806/oaic_releases_privacy_ guide_mobile_app_developers/> to a Computer World news item Link <http://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/privacy-resources/privacy-guides/guide-for-m obile-app-developers> to the report / guidelines from OAIC Whether the guide itself is just common sense, or has some pearls of wisdom for us, the issue of privacy for mobile apps is certain to be of greater concern in future. Even now, the OACI's survey found that 6 in 10 Australians chose not to use certain smartphone apps because of concerns about the way their personal information would be used. _____ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia
