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Telstra to pay AUD$50m penalty for unconscionable sales to Indigenous consumers

Australia | Thursday, May 13, 2021
The Federal Court of Australia today ordered that Telstra pay AUD$50 million in penalties for engaging in unconscionable conduct when it sold mobile contracts to more than 100 Indigenous consumers...

Google to require providers to add information about data use to apps in its app store

Netherlands | Saturday, May 8, 2021
In its app store Google Play, Google will require app providers to indicate what personal data each app uses. Google will introduce this requirement this summer. Apple already implemented this...

SERNAC Platform "Me Quiero Salir" has received more than 40,000 requests, since June 2020, to terminate telecommunications contracts

Chile | Wednesday, January 13, 2021

ACM takes action against online commercial intermediaries for government services

Netherlands | Monday, January 11, 2021

FTC Data show gift cards remain scammers’ favorite payment method

United States of America | Thursday, December 31, 2020

ACCC takes Lorna Jane to court over 'Anti-virus Activewear' claims

Australia | Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Booking and Expedia inform consumers more clearly about their offers following action of European consumer authorities

Netherlands | Tuesday, December 22, 2020

ACCC alleges Facebook misled consumers when promoting app to 'protect' users' data

Australia | Wednesday, December 16, 2020

CMA advises government on new regulatory regime for tech giants

United Kingdom | Friday, December 11, 2020

CMA and global partners secure privacy changes to the App Store

United Kingdom | Friday, December 11, 2020

Apple informs consumers about the data use of apps following call from regulators worldwide

Netherlands | Thursday, December 10, 2020

Travel problems top list of COVID-19-related reports

Australia | Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Trivago misled consumers about hotel room rates - UPDATED

Australia | Wednesday, November 4, 2020

CMA to examine if ‘eco-friendly’ claims are misleading

United Kingdom | Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Finnish Consumer Ombudsman's Newsletter 02|2020 - published

Finland | Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Investigations launched against Google, Apple and Dropbox for their cloud computing services

Italy | Wednesday, October 28, 2020

FTC Data Shows Big Jump in Consumer Reports about Scams Originating on Social Media

United States of America | Thursday, October 22, 2020