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3 days ago | 
itwire.com | Gordon Peters
Dendy Cinema Pty Ltd has paid a $19,800 penalty after the ACCC issued it with an infringement notice for allegedly failing to prominently show the total price, as a single figure, of movie tickets it sold online, in a practice commonly known as 'drip-pricing'.
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4 days ago | 
itwire.com | Gordon Peters
AI-powered DevSecOps platform GitLab and IBM have partnered to solve a fundamental disconnect in enterprise development, the two companies say enables mainframe developers to work with the same modern tools, workflows, and collaboration features as their distributed counterparts.
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5 days ago | 
itwire.com | Gordon Peters
The ACCC has not objected to Australia Post's proposed 13.3 per cent price increase, to take effect in July 2025, for its reserved ordinary letter service delivered to the regular timetable. Unless the Minister For Communications disapproves the proposed increase, the price for ordinary small letters - known as the basic postage rate - will increase from $1.50 to $1.70.
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5 days ago | 
itwire.com | Gordon Peters
The warning comes today in the final report of the ACCC's Digital Platform Services Inquiry. "Digital platforms and services are critically important to Australian consumers and businesses and are major drivers of productivity growth in our economy," ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb said. "While these services have brought many benefits, they have also created harms that our current competition and consumer laws cannot adequately address.
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1 week ago | 
itwire.com | Gordon Peters
Tickle transitions from interim role to permanent position, bringing 30 years of global sales experience to continue driving the company's growth Software company has appointed as chief of global field operations (CGFO).
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1 week ago | 
itwire.com | Gordon Peters
National Australia Bank Limited has paid penalties totalling $751,200 after the ACCC issued it with four infringement notices for alleged contraventions of the Consumer Data Right (CDR) Rules. The infringement notices relate to alleged failures by NAB to disclose, or accurately disclose, credit limit data in response to four separate requests made by different CDR accredited providers on behalf of consumers.
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1 week ago | 
itwire.com | Gordon Peters
Electricity provider Diamond Energy has paid $46,950 in penalties after the competition watchdog, the ACCC, issued it with three infringement notices for allegedly breaching the Electricity Retail Code (the Code). Under the Code, electricity retailers must provide certain information about pricing, such as the lowest possible price, to help consumers compare different electricity plans.
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1 week ago | 
itwire.com | Gordon Peters
Financial sector is the top industry for volumetric DDoS attacks in the Asia Pacific region and globally; sophisticated, precision-targeted threats are growing COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT: FS-ISAC, the member-driven, not-for-profit organisation that advances cybersecurity and resilience in the global financial system, and Akamai Technologies, Inc.
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1 week ago | 
itwire.com | Gordon Peters
Global data and technology company, Experian, and global identity fraud company GBG, have announced an expanded partnership, "reaffirming their shared commitment to helping organisations across Australia and New Zealand" protect consumers from identity fraud and financial crime.
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1 week ago | 
itwire.com | Gordon Peters
Global people platform for shift-based businesses Deputy has announced the appointment of Ciaran Hale as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Deputy says Hale joins it with an extensive background in AI, digital technology, enterprise data platforms, and large-scale engineering transformations across some of the world's most respected technology companies.
