Tag: Gina Cass-Gottlieb

Regulator takes Amazon to court over streaming ads

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The consumer regulator is taking Amazon to court, alleging the tech giant’s Australian arm relied on unfair contract terms to insert advertisements into its paid video streaming service after...

Datacom to manage ACCC tech into 2030

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Datacom has renewed a valuable contract managing the competition watchdog’s tech services, potentially extending its long-standing relationship with the agency into a third decade. The New Zealand-born tech firm...

Watchdog’s new merger regime off to a flying start

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The competition regulator is clearing mergers and acquisitions in a matter of weeks under its new scheme, allaying some of the concerns from tech and investment groups that startup...

ACCC keeps heat on govt for long-delayed tech crackdown

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s competition and consumer watchdog says she will continue to closely monitor digital markets, as her wait for new intervention powers from the Albanese government enters a fourth year....

Watchdog warns agentic AI is straining consumer laws

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The spread of agentic artificial intelligence risks undermining consumer protections, Australia’s consumer and competition regulator has warned, calling into question recent Treasury advice that legislation is well equipped to...

Microsoft sued for hiding cheaper plans from 2.7m customers

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The competition watchdog is suing Microsoft for allegedly hiding cheaper subscription options to push millions of Australian customers into paying more for plans with its Copilot AI tool. The...

Farquhar, Mookhey secure invites to productivity roundtable

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Tech Council chair Scott Farquhar has been invited to join business group leaders, policy experts and unionists at the federal government’s productivity roundtable, adding a greater tech lens to...

ACCC assesses claims of PEXA’s anticompetitive behaviour

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The national competition watchdog is assessing claims that eConveyancing monopolist PEXA engaged in anti-competitive conduct during efforts that were supposed to make its systems interoperable with competitors. These efforts...

Data mess threatens scam reporting

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The consumer watchdog is considering drastically scaling back its regular updates on the most significant scams impacting Australia after data difficulties delayed its latest report by three months. Additional...