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VHA in record payout over Coke spam 
Telco/ISP
VHA in record payout over Coke spam
Nov 10, 2009 | Comment Now 
ACMA receives its largest payment for breach of Spam Act.
 
ISP faces $1m fine for stealing from customers 
Telco/ISP
ISP faces $1m fine for stealing from customers
By Munir Kotadia | Sep 4, 2009 | Comment Now 
ACMA flexes its regulatory muscle.
 
Telstra pays $100k fine for privacy abuse 
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Telstra pays $100k fine for privacy abuse
By Ben Grubb | Aug 18, 2009 | Comment Now 
External call centre guilty of Do Not Call register breach.
 
Neighbourhood Energy fined $22,000 for call breaches 
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Neighbourhood Energy fined $22,000 for call breaches
Aug 7, 2009 | Comment Now 
Compliance not written into outsourcer contracts.
 
Telemarketers heed watchdog's call 
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Telemarketers heed watchdog's call
Jul 6, 2009 | Comment Now 
Regulator jolts industry with $300,000 in fines.
 
Optus cops $110,000 spam fine after talks break down 
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Optus cops $110,000 spam fine after talks break down
Jan 14, 2009 | Comment Now 
Optus Networks has been handed an $110,000 fine for allegedly breaching the Spam Act after attempts to reach an enforceable undertaking with the communications regulator failed.
 
More Aussie spammers caught under ACMA’s iron fist 
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More Aussie spammers caught under ACMA’s iron fist
Nov 6, 2008 | Comment Now 
The Ad Company has copped a formal warning from the Australian Communications and Media Authority for alleged breaches of the Spam Act.
 
mBlox cops $11,000 of ACMA’s wrath 
Telco/ISP
mBlox cops $11,000 of ACMA’s wrath
Oct 30, 2008 | Comment Now 
mBlox has been fined $11,000 by the Australian Communications and Media Authority for spamming phones with ringtone download offers without a way to unsubscribe.
 
Dodo flies in face of Do Not Call register 
Telco/ISP
Dodo flies in face of Do Not Call register
Oct 22, 2008 | Comment Now 
Telco upstart Dodo has been fined $147,400 after an offshore call centre it used called numbers listed on the Do Not Call register.
 
Aussie web retailer shamed as spammer  
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Aussie web retailer shamed as spammer
Sep 5, 2008 | Comment Now 
Best Buy Australia has been fined $4,400 for sending emails to people after they had requested to be removed from the mailing list.
 
ACMA warns of increased scam sophistication 
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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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