The head of Australia’s consumer regulator says the agency will look at whether Facebook is misleading users about how it collects and uses their data, in light of revelations that millions of Facebook users unknowingly had their data harvested by political research firm Cambridge Analytica.
A judge has scolded lawyers for a former rugby player and the Australian Rugby League Commission for taking nearly three years to come to an agreement on discovery, calling the delay a “disgrace” and ordering the parties to agree to a hearing timetable by April.
Life insurer TAL Direct Pty Ltd has agreed to refund 1,200 funeral insurance customers after telling ASIC it violated the terms of their policies by failing to turn off cost of living increases.
The ACCC has accused an Aboriginal art and souvenir supplier of sourcing its products from Indonesia but falsely claiming they were made or hand painted in Australia by Indigenous people.
ACTU secretary Sally McManus called for an overhaul of the Fair Work Act on Wednesday, saying Australia’s workplace laws were broken and the Turnbull government was willfully ignoring the crisis.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will not oppose agricultural giant Bayer AG’s proposed $US66 billion acquisition of rival Monsanto Corporation, after Bayer agreed to divestitures to win approval from the European Commission.
A full bench of the Fair Work Commission on Wednesday overturned a decision extending the time allowed for a Woolworths’ employee to lodge an unfair dismissal case by 164 days, saying the commissioner was wrong to find acceptable three unacceptable reasons for such a delay.
Actor Geoffrey Rush has won a bid to strike down one of Nationwide News’ defences in a defamation case brought by the actor.
Printer cartridge seller Calidad may take its arguments over the exhaustion of patent rights to the High Court, the company told the Federal Court in its challenge to an infringement win for Japanese electronics giant Seiko Epson.
Shuttered online business directory ABG Pages has been slapped with a $300,000 fine after admitting to systemic unconscionable conduct that included refusing to cancel customer contracts and pretending that big businesses advertised on their service.
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