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Court urged to impose $15M penalty against Telstra over NBN speed claims
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-11-10 4:44 pm By Sam Matthews

Telstra has agreed to pay a $15 million penalty for misleading thousands of NBN customers about internet plan speeds, a sum which will bring the […]

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Optus agrees to $13.5M penalty for misleading NBN customers
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-11-10 1:39 pm By Sam Matthews

Optus has agreed to pay a $13.5 million penalty for misleading thousands of NBN customers into paying for internet plan speeds that could not be […]

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Optus faces data breach probe by privacy regulator
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2022-10-11 11:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has opened an investigation of Optus following last month’s cyberattack, centering on the adequacy of the teleco’s privacy […]

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Teleco contractor BSA can’t get costs for winning class action side spat
Employment 2022-10-10 11:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

Teleco contractor BSA, which resolved a class action by its workforce for $20 million, won’t be recouping the costs of legal action to exclude a […]

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Law firm files class action-style complaint against Optus over data breach
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2022-10-07 10:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Optus has been hit with a class action-style complaint over a massive data breach that exposed the personal information of up to 1o million current […]

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Optus to get power to share customer data with banks under regulatory reform
Telecommunications 2022-10-06 11:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Rules governing telecommunications companies will be amended in the wake of the Optus data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 10 million customers. […]

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Foxtel loses six-year battle with Cognizant unit over digital download patent
Intellectual Property 2022-10-04 4:31 pm By Sam Matthews

Cable TV giant Foxtel has lost a protracted IP battle with subsidiary of global tech giant Cognizant over a digital download patent for a modern […]

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Mobile network deal with Telstra could lead to TPG price hikes, ACCC says
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-09-30 11:14 pm By Christine Caulfield

A mobile network sharing agreement between Telstra and TPG is likely to boost the companies’ services to customers but could lead to TPG raising prices, […]

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Government flags tougher privacy laws in wake of Optus breach
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2022-09-29 5:19 pm By Sam Matthews

The federal government has flagged reforms to Australia’s privacy laws in the wake of a cyberattack that left the data of up to 10 million […]

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Optus woes continue with second law firm investigation over data breach
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2022-09-28 2:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

As the FBI joins the hunt for the hackers behind last week’s massive data breach at Optus, a second law firm has launched an investigation […]

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