by stefanie | Jun 11, 2024 | Around the Industry
Consumers are being warned to beware of anyone instructing them to download software or an app over the phone, following a recent rise in reported losses to remote access scams. Australians reported losing AU$15.5 million ($10.21 million/ €9.52 million) to remote...
by stefanie | Dec 19, 2023 | World Focus
The continued expansion of Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta and Microsoft into emerging technologies and other markets demonstrates the critical need for regulatory reform, the ACCC has found in its latest report published end of November 2023. The report examines the...
by stefanie | Aug 15, 2023 | World Focus
On 14 August, the Federal Court ordered that Dell Australia Pty Ltd pay AU$10 million ($6.47 million/ €5.93 million) for making false and misleading representations on its website about discount prices for add-on computer monitors. In enforcement proceedings brought...
by stefanie | Jun 6, 2023 | Around the Industry
The Federal Court has declared by consent that Dell Australia Pty Ltd made false and misleading representations on its website about the prices of add-on monitors and in ‘strikethrough’ prices shown on the website. On 4 November 2022, the ACCC instituted Federal Court...
by stefanie | Mar 2, 2023 | World Focus
The ACCC will be investigating a number of businesses for potential ‘greenwashing’, following an internet sweep, which found more than half of the businesses reviewed made concerning claims about their environmental or sustainability practices. Of the 247 businesses...
