Regulators

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has found telco Optus failed to protect the data of customers whose personal information was listed in the White Pages after they sought an unlisted number.

JB Hi-Fi will refund customers over $250,000 after the consumer watchdog raised concerns the electronics retailer's 'was/now' pricing campaign was misleading. 

A judge has found that online training provider RSA Express, which reaped $8 million from consumers who paid for courses they did not complete, made misleading representations that customers would only pay for courses after they passed. 

After it was found to have engaged in misleading conduct over its 'Down Down' discount campaign, Coles may face a single hearing on the punishment to be meted out to it in the ACCC's case and a companion class action.

The Law Council has called for a one-year pause on an impending requirement that law firms comply with the anti-money laundering counter-terrorism finance regime, saying there is still no clarity about who the new rules apply to. 

Insurer QBE has admitted liability in ASIC’s case alleging it made empty promises to over half a million customers on policy discounts, but a dispute over the size of the penalty remains.

Partners from Allens and Ashurst and senior executives at Lendlease are among those appearing at next week's parliamentary committee inquiry into KPMG's misuse of client data.

Clive Palmer's resort company Palmer Leisure Coolum has entered a guilty plea to one count of breaching takeover law arising from the proposed acquisition of The President’s Club.

ASIC has told a senate estimates committee that it is now formally investigating KPMG in the wake of allegations the firm misused client data. 

Clive Palmer's resort company Palmer Leisure Coolum has entered a guilty plea to one count of breaching takeover law arising from the proposed acquisition of The President’s Club.