The Battery Stewardship Council (BSC) has been granted an exemption for the next five years by the ACCC to allow it to continue to operate its B-cycle Battery Stewardship Scheme (Scheme).

The ACCC has commenced proceedings in the Federal Court against Microsoft Australia and its parent company Microsoft Corporation for allegedly misleading approximately 2.7 million Australian customers when communicating subscription options and price increases, after it integrated its AI assistant, Copilot, into Microsoft 365 plans. 

The competition watchdog, the ACCC will not oppose Cuscal Limited’s (ASX:CCL) proposed acquisition of payment facilitation supplier Indue Limited after finding that the transaction is unlikely to substantially lessen competition.

The start of Australia’s much discussed Under 16 social media ban is only about 60 sleeps away and speculation on how effective it will be is reaching fever pitch. Award winning Australian technology journallist Chris Griffith shares his views.

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has published regulatory guidance for age-restricted social media platforms and age assurance providers on compliance with the privacy provisions for the Social Media Minimum Age (SMMA) scheme, due to take effect on 10 December.

The Federal Court yesterday ordered that Australian Clinical Labs (ACL) pay $5.8 million in civil penalties in relation to a data breach by its Medlab Pathology business in February 2022. The breach resulted in the unauthorised access and exfiltration of the personal information of over 223,000 individuals.

Communication and media services regulator the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has made new rules that means organisations that use branded identifiers in their SMS messages - such as “myGov” or “AusPost” - will need to register these identifiers with their telco provider.

Telstra has been ordered by the Federal Court to pay a penalty of $18 million for breaching the Australian Consumer Law after it moved almost 9,000 Belong customers to a lower speed plan without telling them.