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Dell customers warned over Epsilon breach 
Security
Dell customers warned over Epsilon breach
By Liam Tung | Apr 7, 2011 | 1 Comment 
Alerts Privacy Commissioner.
 
Notebooks R Us slapped for Spam Act breach 
Hardware
Notebooks R Us slapped for Spam Act breach
By Negar Salek | Jun 16, 2010 | Comment Now 
ACMA receives four complaints from spammed customers.
 
Gotalk gets July court date with ACMA 
Telco/ISP
Gotalk gets July court date with ACMA
By Ry Crozier | Apr 9, 2010 | Comment Now 
Alleged breaches of do not call register.
 
Watchdog probes Nokia over alleged spam breach 
Hardware
Watchdog probes Nokia over alleged spam breach
By Ry Crozier | Apr 7, 2010 | 1 Comment 
EXCLUSIVE: ACMA serves notice on handset giant.
 
Gotalk stung twice over telemarketing issue 
Telco/ISP
Gotalk stung twice over telemarketing issue
By Ry Crozier | Mar 1, 2010 | 4 Comments 
Twin bites of the cherry?
 
CommSec pays $55k after breaching Spam Act 
Finance
CommSec pays $55k after breaching Spam Act
By Munir Kotadia | Feb 1, 2010 | Comment Now 
Three complaints from 6.7 million emails.
 
SmartyHost accused of spamming customers 
Telco/ISP
SmartyHost accused of spamming customers
By Ry Crozier | Aug 25, 2009 | Comment Now 
Unsubscribe option wasn’t working.
 
Westpac re-calls customers without consent 
Telco/ISP
Westpac re-calls customers without consent
Mar 16, 2009 | Comment Now 
Westpac has been formally warned for breaching the Do Not Call register after it called customers that had asked not to be contacted about its products or services.
 
EMX reaches $10,000 SMS spam settlement with ACMA 
Telco/ISP
EMX reaches $10,000 SMS spam settlement with ACMA
Jan 6, 2009 | Comment Now 
A small Sydney-based firm will pay a $10,000 ‘settlement’ to the Australian Communications and Media Authority for allegedly spamming numbers it had rented as a list from a ...
 
SMS ‘confirmations’ put Hyarchis in hot water: ACMA 
Telco/ISP
SMS ‘confirmations’ put Hyarchis in hot water: ACMA
By Ry Crozier | Nov 26, 2008 | Comment Now 
ACMA has released the content of alleged spam SMS messages sent by Hyarchis and suggested that if they had been ‘purely factual’ there may not have been grounds to issue a ...
 
Hyarchis sets record straight on spam warning 
Security
Hyarchis sets record straight on spam warning
By Ry Crozier | Nov 24, 2008 | Comment Now 
Hyarchis has described the formal warning issued to it by ACMA over alleged SMS spam as a ‘slap in the face’ that sets a dangerous precedent for the entire web marketing industry.
 
Hyarchis busted in ACMA spam crackdown 
Security
Hyarchis busted in ACMA spam crackdown
Nov 20, 2008 | Comment Now 
Premium SMS provider Hyarchis Company is the latest to feature on a growing hitlist of firms caught by the Australian Communications and Media Authority for alleged breaches of ...
 
Brisbane ISP charges customers to make complaints 
Telco/ISP
Brisbane ISP charges customers to make complaints
Oct 17, 2008 | Comment Now 
‘Impecunious’ Brisbane-based ISP, We.net.au, has been fined over $8,000 for trying to charge fees to customers that complained about them to the Telecommunications Industry ...
 
ACMA warns of increased scam sophistication 
Security
ACMA warns of increased scam sophistication
Mar 2, 2006 | Comment Now 
The Australian Consumer Fraud Taskforce has kicked off a new four week awareness campaign centred on Internet scams.
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