Tag: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Allan Fels on new ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb

Posted on   |  by Allan Fels
The proposed appointment of Gina Cass-Gottlieb as chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) next year is welcome, as is the appointment of Liza Carver as ACCC enforcement commissioner....

Salesforce’s $37b Slack acquisition gets approved

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The competition regulator has approved the proposed acquisition of collaboration software firm Slack by CRM giant Salesforce for $37 billion, saying the deal was unlikely to lessen competition. The...

ACCC warning on ‘screen scraping’ and CDR data

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The consumer regulator has warned participants in the new Consumer Data Right (CDR) regime to be both careful and clear with consumers when combining a customers’ data with information...

ACCC targets Google search, browser dominance

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The ACCC has begun exploring the introduction of “choice screens” in the Australian market as it tightens its focus on US search giant Google. Choice screens allow users to...

ACCC spotlight turns to Google’s ad dominance

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The competition watchdog is set to propose a range of legislative changes aimed at curbing Google’s display advertising dominance after handing down an interim report into advertising technology services....

On the brink: Big Tech fight escalates

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Google’s incendiary threat to shut its internet search services in Australia is simply the latest expression – albeit the nuclear option – of a campaign against a proposed law...

Rod Sims rejects tech giants’ code ‘suggestions’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Competition watchdog boss Rod Sims has knocked back Facebook and Google’s suggested “fixes” for the media bargaining code and accused the tech giants of “brinkmanship” in threatening to withdraw...

ACCC’s Big Tech crusade: Facebook court action

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia’s competition watchdog has continued its crusade against big tech and is taking Facebook to court over the use of its VPN app to allegedly hoover up data from...