Posts tagged "acma"

Australians who lost tens of thousands to SIM card fraud now have retribution after their telco was fined over compliance failures that led to the scam.

A telco has been fined more than $100,000 for failing to prevent mobile number fraud and reduce scam text messages over a five-year period.

In this week's Neural Notes column: OpenAI drama, Elon Musk launches Grok, and ACCC, OAIC, ACMA & eSafety Commissioner join forces to address AI in Australia.

Rideshare and delivery platform Uber has been slugged with a $412,500 penalty for sending two million emails to customers without an option to unsubscribe, in breach of Australia's strict new anti-spam laws.

ACMA has issued a warning to Elon Musk's Starlink for not adding an end date to hugely discounted hardware for rural Aussies.

A submission from regulatory supergroup DP-REG is major key to understanding today's AI regulations, and how they could change in the future.

Australia's telecommunications watchdog is investigating consumer and market trends in the emerging digital realm.

A leading technology and regulation lawyer says Optus is likely to feel more financial pain from being forced to compensate data breach victims than from fines available under the Privacy Act.

Australia's telecommunications watchdog has registered new rules requiring telcos to identify, track, and block scam SMS attempts, days after warning consumers about a new tide of fake job offer scams being shared via text message.

Four national regulators have joined to establish the Digital Platform Regulators Forum (DP-REG) to support a more unified approach to regulation.

Almost 1000 SMEs have received close to $800,000 in refunds from Optus, after an investigation by the communications watchdog found they were incorrectly charged for landline phone services they didn't use.

Businesses that send commercial electronic messages must make it straightforward for customers to ‘unsubscribe’, or risk faces hefty penalties.