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9 April 2019 - ACMA Institutes Legal Proceedings Against Solar TelemarketerThe Australian Media and Communications Authority instituted legal proceedings against Balaska Pty Ltd being a solar business and V Marketing Pty Ltd being a call centre alleging that V Marketing Pty Ltd made telemarketing calls to numbers on the Do Not Call Register at the request of Balaska Pty Ltd in breach of the Do Not Call Register Act 2006 (Cth).
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29 March 2019 - ACCC Releases Draft Consumer Data Right RulesThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission released for public comment draft rules for the Consumer Data Right which will initially allow individuals to obtain access to their banking data and have it transferred to other service providers in the banking sector, for example, providers of comparison services or financial advice.
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13 February 2019 - Consumer Data Right Bill 2019The Treasury Laws Amendment (Consumer Data Right) Bill 2019 (Cth) was introduced into the House of Representatives to create the Consumer Data Right which will provide individuals with a right to access specified data held about services provided to them by businesses and authorise them to direct the businesses to provide this data to accredited third parties including banks, telecommunications providers, energy companies and companies providing comparison services.
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15 January 2019 - ACMA Issues Infringement Notices of $8,400 for telemarketingThe Australian Communications and Media Authority issued infringement notices of $8,400 to Primus Telecommunications Pty Ltd and iSelect LImited and a formal warning to Dodo Services Pty Ltd for making telemarketing calls to consumers after they had withdrawn their consent where their telephone numbers were listed on the Do Not Call Register.
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10 December 2018 - ACCC Releases Digital Platforms Inquiry Preliminary ReportThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) released the preliminary report of its inquiry into the impact of Google, Facebook and other online search engines, social media and digital aggregators on competition which contains the ACCC's preliminary recommendations to address its concerns regarding the substantial market power held by Google and Facebook and the extent to which consumers' data is collected and used to enable targeted advertising.
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7 November 2018 - APRA Releases Cyber Attacks Information Security StandardThe Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) released an information security standard which aims to ensure that APRA-regulated entities take measures to make them resilient to cyber attacks by requiring them to clearly define information-security related roles and responsibilities, maintain an information security capability commensurate with the size and extent of threats to their information assets, implement controls to protect their information assets commensurate with the criticality and sensitivity of those assets and notify APRA of material information security incidents.
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