ACCC Fines Retailer $39k For Misleading Advertising
The ACCC has slugged tech retailer digiDirect with almost $40,000 in penalties for misleading advertising. The consumer watchdog slapped digiDirect, which sells... Read More
Kogan Coughs Up $310k Spam Fine
Online retailer Kogan.com has paid a $310,800 fine for breaching the Spam Act, just a month after being slapped with a $350,000... Read More
Kogan Fined $350k Over Dodgy Tax Time “Discounts”
The Federal Court has slugged Kogan with a $350,000 fine for misleading consumers with fake discounts in a 2018 “Tax Time” sale.... Read More
Ankle Bracelets Coming For Those Not Working From Home
PERTH: They’re really worried in the West about citizens who decline to quarantine or work from home during the current coronavirus scare.... Read More
Apple Slapped With $41 Million Fine After Slowing Old iPhones
The French consumer watchdog has slapped Apple with a €25 million euro fine, amounting to AUD $49 million, for deliberately slowing down... Read More
Optus Hit With Second Largest Fine Ever For Spamming Aussies
Singtel Optus has been slapped with a half million dollar regulatory fine by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) for breaching... Read More
Google Hit With Historic US$57 Million GDPR Fine
Considered the first of its kind for a US tech company, Google has been slammed with a 50 million euro (US$56.8 million)... Read More
Retailers Fined $2.5 Million for Misleading Advertisements
The ACCC announced today that the Federal Court has fined hearing aid retailers Oticon Australia and Sonic Innovations to pay $2.5 million... Read More
Samsung And Apple Fined For Slowing Down Phones
An anti-trust watchdog group, Italian Authority for Market and Competition, has issued Samsung and Apple a €5 million fine each ( approx.... Read More
Google Hit With Historic $6.8bn EU Antitrust Fine
Google has been hit with a record €4.34bn ($6.83bn) fine for breaching the European Union’s antitrust rules where the search engine giant... Read More