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ANZ cops $25M penalty for short-changing half a million Breakfree customers
ANZ 2022-10-26 12:14 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has hit ANZ with a $25 million penalty in a case by the corporate regulator that alleged the bank short-changed hundreds of thousands of customers to the tune of $200 million.

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$27M penalty for ‘extensive and systematic’ failures by CBA units
Ben Hancock 2022-10-25 11:03 pm By Sam Matthews

Commonwealth Bank units CommSec and Australian Investments Exchange have been ordered to pay more than $27 million for “serious and unacceptable” system failures that led to excessive fee charges for customers.

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Medibank data breach revealed to be wider than first thought
Healthcare 2022-10-25 3:52 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The fallout from a cyberattack against Medibank continues, with the health insurer revealing sensitive claims data was accessed for customers of its main Medibank branch.

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Facebook flags potential conflict of interest in cryptocurrency ad class action
Class Actions 2022-10-25 2:45 pm By Sam Matthews

Facebook owner Meta wants to uncover the basis on which crypto tokens have been issued to bankroll a class action over its 2018 ban on cryptocurrency ads, citing the potentially conflicted interests of the self-represented lead applicant.

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ACCC accuses Fitbit of misleading consumers about refund rights
ACCC 2022-10-24 11:09 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has dragged Google-owned Fitbit to court for allegedly telling consumers they had to mail in broken devices within 45 days in order to obtain a refund.

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Class action against NAB over Walton collapse can’t add insolvent trading claim
Allens 2022-10-24 12:18 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has rejected a bid to add an insolvent trading claim to a $78 million class action over the collapse of Walton Construction, citing “extraordinary” delays in the three-year-old case.

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Companies to face $50M penalty for privacy breaches
ACMA 2022-10-21 11:59 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Companies will face penalties of up to $50 million for serious privacy law breaches under legislation to be introduced the Attorney-General following data breaches by Optus, Medibank and Woolworths unit MyDeal.

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Seven, Nine in hot water with media watchdog over gambling ads
ACMA 2022-10-21 4:43 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has found that Seven and Nine breached industry rules by showing gambling ads during their coverage of the Olympics and the NRL grand final last year.

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ACCC may ground Virgin, Alliance Airlines charter agreement
ACCC 2022-10-21 4:02 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is currently “not satisfied” that the public benefits from allowing Virgin and Alliance to continue to cooperate in markets for fly-in fly-out customers will outweigh its competition concerns. 

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Crown loses bid for contradictor to fight GCO application in class action
Allens 2022-10-21 4:01 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has rejected Crown Resort’s bid to appoint a contradictor to fight a group costs order being sought in a shareholder class action accusing the casino giant of lax anti-money laundering compliance over a six-year period.

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