Displaying items by tag: Australian Consumer Law

Federal Court has ordered Clorox Australia Pty Ltd (Clorox) to pay a total penalty of $8.25 million for making false or misleading representations to consumers that certain GLAD kitchen and garbage bags were partly made of recycled ‘ocean plastic’, following court action by the ACCC.

The ACCC has raised concerns that business’ return policies and website terms and conditions may potentially be misleading for consumers.

The competition watchdog the ACCC has conducted a sweep of sales advertising by Australian businesses online and in store and says it is concerned that a number of claims about the size and scope of discounts may be misleading consumers.

Additional funding valued at $30 million over 3.5 years is to be allocated for investigations and enforcement relating to the supermarket and retail sector.

The Federal Court has found that Master Wealth Control Pty Ltd, trading as DG Institute breached the Australian Consumer Law, and that its sole director Dominque Grubisa was “knowingly concerned in the contraventions”, in proceedings brought by the competition watchdog, the ACCC.

Australia’s competition watchdog the ACCC has issued a warning that it is aware that scammers have been calling people, falsely claiming to help them get a refund from various businesses.

The Federal Court has ordered Mazda Australia Pty Ltd to pay $11.5 million in penalties for engaging in “misleading and deceptive conduct and making false or misleading representations” to nine consumers about their consumer guarantee rights.

Australia Post is paying about $2.9 milliion in compensation to businesses for lost or damaged parcels after the competition watchdog the ACCC took leagal action against the postal service.

The ACCC has accepted a court-enforceable undertaking from yoghurt manufacturer MOO Premium Foods Pty Ltd (MOO) following an investigation into MOO’s ‘100% ocean plastic’ representations on its yoghurt packaging, website, and social media pages.

The competition watchdog, the ACCC, is encouraging businesses to review their standard form contracts and remove or amend any unfair contract terms before new penalties take effect.

Meta's wholly-owned subsidiaries Facebook Israel and Onavo have each been penalised $10 million for engaging in conduct liable to mislead in breach of the Australian Consumer Law.

Telecommunications provider Singtel Optus has been hit with a class action, with the law firm Slater and Gordon saying it had been filed on behalf of people affected by last year's data breach.

United Florists Pty Ltd trading as Lily’s Florist and Elysium Marketing Pty Ltd, a related body corporate, have each provided a court-enforceable undertaking to the ACCC in relation to misleading representations that Lily’s Florist was a local florist. 

The ACCC has commenced proceedings in the Federal Court against Master Wealth Control Pty Limited, trading as DG Institute, for allegedly making false or misleading representations about the Real Estate Rescue program and the Master Wealth Control program DG Institute offered to consumers, in breach of the Australian Consumer Law.

Mercedes-Benz Australia/Pacific is to pay penalties of $12.5 million for failing to use attention-capturing, high-impact language when communicating with consumers about the compulsory recall of potentially deadly Takata airbags.

The ACCC is seeking feedback on ways to reduce significant safety risks associated with products commonly used to place babies to sleep.

Hotel aggregation site Trivago has been ordered to pay penalties of $44.7 million by the Federal Court.

The Australian consumer watchdog has taken Facebook parent Meta to the Federal Court, accusing the company of placing false, misleading or deceptive ads for cryptocurrencies featuring Australian celebrities.

The Federal Court has ruled that Epic Games v Apple should be heard in Australia.

Australian electronic goods retailer digiDirect – trading as Digital Imaging Express Pty Ltd – has paid $39,240 in penalties after the ACCC issued the company three infringement notices for allegedly misleading consumers about the details of advertised sales in breach of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL).