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ANZ hit with $10M penalty over $18.5B home loan program
Financial Services 2023-03-10 2:23 pm By Cindy Cameronne

ANZ has been hit with a $10 million penalty in a case brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission alleging the bank’s home loan ‘introducer’ referral program breached credit laws.

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Facebook to cop penalty in ACCC case over ‘misleading’ data protection app
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2023-03-10 3:20 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Facebook will face a penalty in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s case alleging it misled consumers by representing that its discontinued Onavo Protect mobile app would keep users’ personal activity data private.

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Prosecutors want prison sentence for CEO in Sydney waste cartel case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-03-09 5:59 pm By Sam Matthews

The former managing director and CEO of Bingo Industries should be sentenced to imprisonment for aiding and abetting the waste company in fixing prices for demolition waste services in Sydney, a court has heard.

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High Court revokes special leave in Facebook’s challenge to data breach case
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2023-03-07 11:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has revoked special leave to Facebook to challenge a case by the privacy commissioner, finding that the social media giant’s grounds of appeal no longer involved issues of public importance.

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ACCC to monitor essential services pricing, interest rates in 2023
ACCC 2023-03-07 4:38 pm By Sam Matthews

The ACCC will monitoring the pricing and supply of essential services such as energy and telecommunications as well as interest rates in 2023 as cost of living pressures continue to bear down on consumers.

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Former Benjamin Hornigold execs face charges over $3.8M in payments
ASIC 2023-03-03 11:10 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Two former executives of investment fund Benjamin Hornigold Limited have been charged with offences related to $3.8 million in payments.

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Ultra Tune boss seen instructing lawyer in criminal case, not incapacitated, judge says
ACCC 2023-03-02 3:23 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Ultra Tune has failed to prove its managing director is mentally incapacitated and unable to give evidence at a sentencing hearing for contempt of court after he was seen earlier this week attending a hearing in a criminal case on charges of stalking his ex-girlfriend.

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Crown owns up to ‘serious and systemic’ breaches of money laundering laws
AUSTRAC 2023-03-01 5:29 pm By Sam Matthews

Casino giant Crown has admitted to a “significant number” of anti-money laundering and counter terrorism breaches in a case brought by AUSTRAC.

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ASIC files first-ever action over whistleblower breaches against TerraCom
Employment 2023-03-01 1:19 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has brought its first-ever case alleging breach of whistleblower protections against coal producer TerraCom, claiming it made misleading statements to the market that damaged a whistleblower’s reputation.

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Fitbit says ACCC must show why 45-day refund limit is not reasonable
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-03-01 4:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Google-owned Fitbit has denied ACCC allegations it misled consumers about their rights concerning faulty devices, and has challenged the regulator on its claim that it was obligated to refund customers who did not raise a complaint within 45 days of purchase or shipment.

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