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ACCC Investigating Salesforce’s Slack Takeover

April Glover March 12, 2021 No Comments

Consumer watchdog the ACCC is probing Saleforce’s proposed acquisition of work-chatting service Slack after the company signed a $37.6 billion agreement last year. The ACCC will undertake a formal review…

ACCC Turns Spotlight On Google

Jake Nelson March 11, 2021 No Comments

Google is under the ACCC’s microscope, with the consumer watchdog investigating whether default options for browsers and search reduce competition. The tech giant’s Chrome browser is pre-installed on almost all…

ACCC Puts Foot Down On Visa Debit Rates

Jake Nelson March 10, 2021 No Comments

The ACCC has slapped credit and debit card giant Visa with a court-enforceable undertaking to stop it from offering cheaper rates to merchants for processing transactions through its own network.…

ACCC Takes Aim At Google’s ‘Secret Data Trade’

April Glover March 9, 2021 No Comments

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is probing Google’s monopoly position in Australia’s advertising tech market, with fresh calls to end the search engine giant’s ‘secret’ trade of personal…

Biz Complaints Flood Canberra

Computer Daily News March 1, 2021 No Comments

And you think you have been busy in recent months. Small-business inquiries to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission jumped no less than 60 percent in 2020, as businesses increasingly…

ACCC Wants Facebook To Strike Deals With Small Publishers Too

April Glover February 24, 2021 No Comments

Australia’s consumer watchdog has called on Facebook to also ink deals with small, local publishers to avoid regulation under the government’s controversial media code. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission…

400 More Aussies Hit For $37 Million In Scam Wars

Computer Daily News February 15, 2021 No Comments

CANBERRA: Australians reported a record-breaking $37 million lost to Scamwatch dating and romance scams last year, the government-owned Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has reported. ACCC says that overall it…

ACCC Concerned About MYOB’s GreatSoft Buyout

Jake Nelson February 11, 2021 No Comments

The ACCC has signalled it is wary of accounting software giant MYOB’s plan to acquire cloud-based practice management software provider GreatSoft, saying it could substantially lessen competition in the market.…

Oz Watchdog Not Swayed By Google’s Latest News Service

Computer Daily News February 8, 2021 No Comments

SYDNEY: The competition watchdog the ACCC said Google’s newly-launched News Showcase ignores the main tenants of the Australian Government’s proposed media bargaining code. Google launched its News Showcase product in…

Officeworks Power Bank Recall

April Glover January 22, 2021 No Comments

Four power bank models sold in Officeworks have been recalled by the ACCC’s product safety portal over concerns the battery will overheat and catch fire. The four power banks include…