The state of Michigan has introduced a bill to prevent employers from forcing their employees to accept microchip implants. The prospect of a company requiring employees to accept the implantation of a microchip monitoring under their skin, it could be a good idea if it was a movie script, which is not the case with the current reality.

Digital security advocates have expressed outrage at revelations that Australian law enforcement agencies have been potentially abusing mandatory metadata retention laws and receiving data explicitly excluded from the legislation.