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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...

ACM reviews ‘corona voucher schemes’

Netherlands | Thursday, May 28, 2020

STA Travel to pay AUD$14 million in penalties for misleading advertisements

Australia | Friday, April 24, 2020

ICPEN eConsumer.gov partner agencies launch interactive site detailing international consumer scam reports

Global | Wednesday, April 15, 2020

SIC orders digital platforms to withdraw products that offer alleged benefits against Covid-19

Colombia | Friday, April 10, 2020

More room for bespoke solutions between hotels and travelers in case of cancellations of bookings made through hotel booking websites

Netherlands | Tuesday, April 7, 2020

TEG Live to refund over AUD$5 million to consumers of USA basketball games

Australia | Tuesday, April 7, 2020

ICPEN Fraud Prevention Month 2020 Campaign - #COVID-19Emergency #PreventingScams

Global | Saturday, April 4, 2020

ACM in 2019 imposed fines totaling approximately 17 million euros and launched 91 investigations

Netherlands | Friday, April 3, 2020

ACM offers guidance to sectors that wish to set up voucher schemes

Netherlands | Friday, April 3, 2020

ACM sympathizes with the Dutch travel industry’s voucher initiative

Netherlands | Friday, April 3, 2020

ICA: proceedings initiated against the www.wish.com platform

Italy | Friday, April 3, 2020

ICA: Review launched after ENPAM reported A.P. Risarcimento e Consulenza S.r.l. for alleged unfair trading practices

Italy | Thursday, April 2, 2020

ICA: coronavirus emergency, the Authority orders the shutdown of the https://farmaciamaschile.it and http://farmacia-generica.it websites

Italy | Monday, March 30, 2020

ICA: coronavirus emergency, the Authority orders the removal of any reference to preventive effectiveness against COVID-19 of the products advertised and marketed on the www.oxystore.it website

Italy | Monday, March 30, 2020

ICA: Coronavirus, the shutdown was ordered of the website http://testcoronavirus.shop/it that markets a test for COVID-19 self-diagnosis.

Italy | Tuesday, March 24, 2020