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Meta’s Facebook subsidiaries have been smacked with $20 million in fines for misleading users over a free VPN that was harvesting data

Startup Daily - July 26, 2023 3 MIN READ

Two subsidiaries of social media giant Meta, Facebook Israel and Onavo Inc, have been fined $10 million each for misleading conduct, in breach of the Australian Consumer Law, over a virtual private network (VPN) service that was used to gather data on users and share it with Facebook’s marketing team. Consumer watchdog the ACCC launched… Read more »

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Corporate regulator ASIC takes Nuix to court over alleged misleading sales figures

Simon Thomsen - September 30, 2022 2 MIN READ

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has launched Federal Court legal action against ASX-listed tech company Nuix and its board for alleged breaches of disclosure laws, as well as misleading or deceptive conduct around growth predictions, in the wake of the company’s IPO in December 2020. ASIC alleges that Nuix (ASX:NXL) made misleading or deceptive… Read more »

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The ACCC is having another crack at telcos over misleading NBN speeds

Simon Thomsen - August 9, 2021 2 MIN READ

Consumer watchdog the ACCC is heading back to the courts, taking on Telstra, Optus and TPG for allegedly misleading consumers over NBN maximum speeds. Problems with consumers getting the NBN speeds they’ve paid for has been a constant legal battle for the regulator, with all the major telcos falling foul of the law in recent… Read more »

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Telstra is refunding $25 million to 49,000 NBN customers who couldn’t get the broadband speeds they were promised

Simon Thomsen - July 7, 2021 2 MIN READ

Telstra will refund more than 49,000 customers around $50 million after Australia’s largest telco failed to tell them they had internet plans that physically could not deliver the NBN internet speeds they were paying for in another embarrassing failure of the NBN. But the refunds are only occurring following intervention by the Australian Communications and Media… Read more »

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The ACCC is taking on Google, accusing the tech giant of misleading consumers about combining their personal data

Simon Thomsen - July 27, 2020 3 MIN READ

Google has been accused of misleading consumers over the use of their data from using the internet, with consumer watchdog the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) launching legal action against the tech giant. The ACCC alleges Google failed to properly inform consumers, and did not gain their explicit informed consent, about its move in… Read more »

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Tradie marketplace Service Seeking cops $600,000 fine over customer ‘reviews’ written buy the businesses

Simon Thomsen - July 22, 2020 2 MIN READ

Reviews pre-written by companies and emailed to customers to endorse as a testimonial have cost online tradie marketplace Service Seeking $600,000 following legal action by the competition watchdog the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). The Federal Court hit Service Seeking Pty Ltd with $600,000 in penalties for making false or misleading representations regarding business… Read more »