SYDNEY, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- A major review of Australia's privacy laws has found people appear ambivalent about the issue.
The Australian Law Reform Commission is conducting the review because of the rapid advances in technology in gathering information.
The commission's president, Professor David Weisbrot, says while some people are concerned by "Big Brother"-style surveillance, others find there are too many obstacles in accessing information.
He told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that "on the one hand people love to use their computers and to shop on the Internet but they are also concerned about all the information that's being collected about them -- both by government and by private industry."
Weisbrot said the review also had found a generation gap, with people over the age of 40 more nervous about the implications of new technology.
"Younger people seem quite happy to post pictures, stories, all sorts of intimate information about themselves on the Internet," he said.
The commission's review is scheduled to be completed with a report to government in 2008.
