Federal Court orders the company pay AU$2.9 million in penalties. …read more Source:: Legal
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Sony fined AU$3.5 million for misleading customers about digital refunds
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•The ACCC said the company falsely claimed to consumers that they were not entitled to refunds for faulty games. …read more Source:: Legal
Tesco Bank fined £16.4m over cyber attack
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•Regulator said the attack which saw hackers steal £2.25m from account holders was ‘largely avoidable’. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Security researcher fined for hacking hotel WiFi and putting passwords on the internet
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•Tencent security researcher hacks hotel without authorization and publishes a blog post about it containing unredacted information. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Noisy Airbnb guests in Victoria could be fined up to AU$1,100
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•Neighbours could also be compensated by up to AU$2,000 under the state’s newly passed legislation. …read more Source:: Legal
Facebook fined in South Korea for limiting user access
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•South Korea’s telco watchdog has fined Facebook 396 million won (US$370,000) for rerouting networks, causing slower access for consumers. …read more Source:: Legal
Qualcomm fined $865m by South Korean antitrust regulator
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•Calling the regulator’s decision to fine the chip maker 1 trillion won ‘unprecedented and insupportable’, Qualcomm has said it will appeal the decision to the Seoul High Court. …read more Source:: Legal
Vodafone fined £4.6m by Ofcom for £150k PAYG error
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•An IT system migration error cost Vodafone customers a collective £150,000 over a 1.5-year period, with the mishandling of complaints also costing the telecommunications carrier. …read more Source:: Legal