ACMA Fines Outdoor Supacentre $300,000
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January 31, 2024
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Outdoor Supacentre has been fined over $302,500, after it was found to be sending tens of thousands of text messages to consumers... Read More
Kmart Fined $1.3 Million Over Spam Emails & Ignored Warnings
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November 2, 2023
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ACMA (the Australian Communications and Media Authority) has found its next target, and fined Wesfarmers owned Kmart over $1.3 million, following an... Read More
Uber Aus Fined $412,500 Over Spam
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October 26, 2023
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Uber Australia, the rideshare and food delivery company, has been fined $412,500 following an infringement notice for sending over 2 million spam... Read More
Google Planning Update To Kill Gmail Spam
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October 5, 2023
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Within the coming year, Google Workspace has plans to spruce up security in Gmail, focusing on making bulk emails harder to flood... Read More
CommBank Hit With $3.55M Fine For Spamming Customers
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June 7, 2023
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The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has been hit with the largest ever penalty under the Spam Act, for sending more than 65... Read More
Amazon Will Allow Merchants To Spam Customers
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September 15, 2022
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Amazon has launched new direct marketing features aimed at boosting sales for independent brands and merchants that may well prove to alienate... Read More
Two Oz Companies Given Formal Warnings After Breaching Telemarketing Acts
Following an investigation, the ACMA found Marketsolve called a number on the Do Not Call Register in January 2020 and could not... Read More
Business E-mail Attacks On Rise; Getting Past Security Systems
Some widely used e-mail security systems are failing to deliver protection against e-mails that contain dangerous file types, malware attachments and/or spam,... Read More
Amazon Suffer Major Hack, Sellers Robbed
Amazon.com has revealed it fell victim to “extensive” fraud for six months last year, with hackers stealing funds from several merchant accounts.... Read More
Google Sending Spam Calls To Voicemail
Google has found a way to redirect those frustrating and annoying spam calls by sending them to voicemail straight away. According to 9to5Google once... Read More
