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US Lawmakers Demand E-mails From Online Giants

Computer Daily News September 16, 2019 No Comments

A US House of Representatives panel has widened its anti-trust probe into giant technology companies, with demands for internal e-mails, detailed financial information and other company records. The panel sought…

TPG Investor Held ‘Over A Barrel’

Computer Daily News September 16, 2019 No Comments

Day four of the case between Vodafone and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) over the telco’s proposed merger with TPG began on Friday with the final minutes of…

Google To Pay $1bn In France To Settle Financial Fraud Probe

Computer Daily News September 16, 2019 No Comments

Google has agreed to pay close to 1 billion euros (A$1.6 billion) to French authorities to settle a financial fraud probe that began four years ago. The move opens up…

Global Watchdogs Applaud ACCC IT Giant Crackdown

Computer Daily News September 16, 2019 No Comments

Global competition regulators have welcomed Australia’s global lead in cracking down on Facebook and Google over their stronghold on advertising and misuse of people’s data. A meeting in New York…

Teoh Responds To ACCC Arguments In Federal Court

Computer Daily News September 16, 2019 No Comments

Keeping up appearances, media-shy TPG Telecom founder David Teoh has given evidence in the Federal Court for the second day in a row, as TPG and Vodafone Australia locked horns…

Harvey Norman Indigenous Debt Scandal Cost Latitude $2.5M

Jack Gramenz September 12, 2019 No Comments

A Harvey Norman salesman who falsified information to sign up Indigenous customers to store credit cards triggered a $2.5 million write-off for credit provider Latitude Financial. The false contracts were…

Money Laundering Watchdog Set To Monitor Facebook Libra

Computer Daily News September 12, 2019 No Comments

Global anti-money laundering watchdog, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) , says it will closely monitor developments surrounding Facebook’s planned Libra cryptocurrency. The Facebook-led Libra project is expected to be…

Reclusive Billionaire Teoh Takes Stand In ACCC Merger Case

Computer Daily News September 12, 2019 No Comments

TPG Telecom’s reclusive billionaire founder David Teoh, in a rare public appearance, yesterday took the stand in the Federal Court to argue the case for the telco’s planned merger with…

Huawei Snags De Facto Victory Against US Govt

Elliot Nash September 11, 2019 No Comments

Chinese tech giant, Huawei, has dropped its lawsuit against the US Government following the return of telecommunication equipment to China after a two-year-long seizure on the grounds of export regulations.…

ACCC Fines BVivid Telco For Misleading Cold Calls

Jack Gramenz September 10, 2019 No Comments

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has fined a telco for misleading consumers over NBN connections, but the company appears to be linked to at least two others with a…