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AU: CommSec pays $55k after breaching Spam Act

Posted on February 1, 2010July 3, 2025 by Dissent

Munir Kotadia reports: CommSec, the Commonwealth Bank’s stock trading arm, has agreed to pay a $55,000 to The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) after breaching the Spam Act during 2009. According to ACMA, CommSec customers complained that they had continued to receive commercial messages despite having withdrawn their consent. The watchdog “also identified that…

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New EU laws to target Facebook

Posted on February 1, 2010July 3, 2025 by Dissent

Leigh Phillips reports: Two weeks ago, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of social networking site Facebook, told the world to just get over it – no one cares about privacy anymore, provoking a storm of protest across cyberspace. On Thursday (28 January), the European Commission responded to the 24-year-old billionaire and announced plans for comprehensive new…

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‘No scan, no flight’ at Heathrow and Manchester

Posted on February 1, 2010July 3, 2025 by Dissent

Some passengers at Heathrow and Manchester airports will have to go through full body scanners before boarding their flights under new rules. It is now compulsory for people selected for a scan to take part, or they will not be allowed to fly. The new security rules have been introduced following the attempt to blow…

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AU: VicRoads staff share private data

Posted on January 31, 2010July 3, 2025 by Dissent

Peter Mickelburough reports: The personal details of 3.4 million Victorians continue to be abused by VicRoads staff despite a State Government bid to stamp out licensing fraud. Seven VicRoads workers have been sacked or resigned for improperly accessing or releasing information from the authority’s database in the past two years. Two other staff have been…

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