Tag: ACCC

ACCC to scrutinise Big Tech’s AI sprawl

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Big Tech’s expanding market power through generative artificial intelligence will be scrutinised by the national competition watchdog in the final interim report of its five-year Digital Platform Services inquiry....

Sharma urges govt to drive eConveyancing reform

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Pressure is mounting on the federal government to limit the monopoly of online conveyancing platform PEXA, with Liberal senator Dave Sharma joining calls for the competition watchdog to provide...

NSW calls it: eConveyancing needs ACCC oversight

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The national competition regulator has been urged to monitor the electronic conveyancing market by the NSW Productivity and Equality Commission, as federal assistant minister for competition Andrew Leigh called...

Apple pinged by EU competition laws Australia wants to mimic

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Apple is in breach of new European competition laws, regulators alleged this week, setting up the first test of the Big Tech ‘gatekeeper’ regime that Australia’s competition watchdog wants...

Adobe sued in US over ‘hidden’ exit fees

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
US regulators have launched legal action against software giant Adobe for its deceptive cancelation policy that allegedly traps subscribers into continuing to pay for popular software products like Photoshop...

Watchdog warning on data brokers’ risky business

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Data brokering threatens to harm consumers and competition, the ACCC has warned after taking a closer look at a murky industry that stretches from Big Tech to local government....

‘Select sourcing’ of EY for $10.7m Digital ID register

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Consulting giant EY will be paid almost $1 million a month to build the regulatory technology underpinning Australia’s expanding digital identity system, after the big four firm landed its...

Tech industry groups urge caution on merger reforms

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Tech industry groups are troubled by the Albanese government’s merger reforms, warning they could lower the investment attractiveness of the local tech sector. But the view presented by the...