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ACCC chief seeks tighter Big Tech regulation

Competition tsar Rod Sims has pushed for further regulation of Big Tech, including strengthened merger rules and unfair practices prohibitions. Mr Sims, the chair of the Australian Competition and...

ACCC zeroes in on construction sector data

14 October 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The Australian competition watchdog is “prioritising” investigation of the construction sector amid concerns that large software providers are charging exorbitant rates to transfer data to other providers and maintain...

Govt cut ABC and SBS from tech news code: Sims

17 September 2020 | by Denham Sadler

It was the government’s decision to exclude the ABC and SBS from the news content bargaining code with Google and Facebook rather than the competition watchdog which designed the...

Govt code forces tech giants to pay for news

31 July 2020 | by Denham Sadler

Google and Facebook will face forced arbitration and a $10 million fine if they fail to reach an agreement on revenue-sharing with media companies within three months, under a...

ACCC opens new Google court fight

27 July 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The ACCC is taking Google to court again, this time over its expanded collection and use of personal information for targeted advertising, as the competition watchdog’s crusade against the...

Timing couldn’t be better for Open Banking

16 April 2020 | by Kristofer Rogers

At the recent AFR banking and wealth conference, held as a virtual event during these unprecedented times, ACCC chairman Rod Sims reasserted a commitment to keeping the July 1...

Data rights on track for July launch

31 March 2020 | by James Riley

There has never been a more important time to expedite digital innovation across the economy according to competition tsar chief Rod Sims, who says the ACCC will keep its...

ACCC warning on loyalty data

4 December 2019 | by Denham Sadler

The competition watchdog’s year-long inquiry into customer loyalty programs has reinforced recommendations from the ACCC’s earlier digital platforms inquiry for significant privacy and data security reforms. The Australian Competition...

Govt delays ACCC platforms response

3 December 2019 | by Denham Sadler

The federal government is quietly planning to delay responding to the competition watchdog’s landmark digital platforms inquiry until the new year, a move the opposition claims will damage the...

Big Tech in new ACCC squeeze

20 November 2019 | by Denham Sadler

With government expected to formally respond to the ACCC’s landmark digital platforms inquiry in the coming weeks, pressure must be maintained on the world’s biggest tech companies to ensure...

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