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The Australian Federal Court has effectively ruled that part of the metadata of an individual stored by telecommunications companies does not constitute personal data and therefore need not be handed over to said individual.

The Federal Court has found that the Harrison Telecommunications group of companies, trading as SoleNet and Sure Telecom, engaged in unconscionable conduct over the supply of telecommunications services.

Telstra has implemented blocking of websites that link to material that allegedly infringe copyright but users are easily able to get past it, according to a published report.

Foxtel has welcomed the Federal Court’s decisions to block five of the largest online piracy sites under legislation passed by the Parliament in 2015,  hailing the judgment as a major step in combating piracy in Australia.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has won a High Court appeal over Flight Centre's bid to induce three international airlines to enter price-fixing arrangements between 2005 and 2009 over air fares offered online by the airlines that were cheaper than those offered by Flight Centre.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has taken court action against computers and electronic goods retailer MSY Technology over allegations the company has misrepresented consumers’ rights to remedies for faulty products.

The consumer group CHOICE has hailed the decision of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to take court action against Meriton Property Services over alleged blocking of negative online reviews by its customers.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted contempt action in the Federal Court against Dhruv Chopra, the sole operator of the online electronics store Electronic Bazaar.

Digital advertising company The Community Network says it is overhauling its customer service procedures, and there was “no intent to do the wrong thing”, after it was hit with a court enforceable penalty of $230,000 as the result of an investigation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

Digital advertising services company, The Community Network, has been fined $230,000 by the Federal Court for breaching Australian Consumer Law (ACL) by engaging in “unconscionable conduct” in its dealings with one small business.

US-based games, entertainment software and technology company, Valve, has been found guilty by the Federal Court of misleading or deceptive conduct, and making false or misleading representations to Australian consumers, about the consumer guarantees under the Australian Consumer Law (ACL).

The Victorian branch of the Australian Education Union claims the practices of ‘luring’ vulnerable job seekers in the state into training debt with the offer of a free laptop are continuing and remain largely unchecked.

Sydney radio shock jock Alan Jones has been rapped over the knuckles by the media watchdog ACMA for factually unsupported comments he made two years ago about the rate of warming of the planet due to climate change.

iiNet shareholders will meet on 27 July in Perth to decide whether to approve the takeover of the company by rival telco and ISP, TPG.

An online trader has been fined, restrained and ordered to pay costs after the ACCC won a case against him in the Federal Court.

Justice Nye Perram of the Federal Court has issued his latest decision on the case, which talks costs and that infamous letter now coming very soon.

The Honourable Justice Perram will order iiNet and associated ISPs to divulge the names and physical addresses of customers associated with each of the 4,726 IP addresses.

Nice try, Apple. It has tried to copyright use of the term 'app store' in Australia - and failed.

Australian telco Zen Telecom has been fined $225,000 by the Federal Court for breaching Australian Consumer Law (ACL) through misleading conduct, including falsely presenting itself on behalf of Telstra.

Valve, the company behind the massively popular gaming platform Steam, is facing legal action in the Federal Court of Australia for allegedly not providing Aussie customers with refunds.