Dealing with other businesses online

• $70 million lost: ACCC scam activity report
  During 2009, losses reported to the ACCC through scams totalled almost $70 million, ACCC deputy c...
  Issued: 1^st March 2010 Release # NR 030/10
• Online offensive – Fighting fraud online
  The proliferation of online scams has significantly increased the chances of Australians falling ...
  Issued: 26^th February 2010 Release # NR 029/10
• Oobi Baby penalised $40,000 for resale price maintenance
  The Federal Court has ordered Oobi Baby Pty Ltd to pay $40,000 in penalties after the company adm...
  Issued: 2^nd September 2008 Release # MR 251/08
• Internet sweep zooms in on hidden shopping traps
  No refunds for you! Online shoppers are sometimes fooled into believing that their rights to a re...
  Issued: 28^th February 2006 Release # MR 041/06
• Busy small business offices targeted by numerous unsolicited offers
  Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicite...
  Issued: 27^th September 2005 Release # MR 234/05
• Trading Post changes its internet marketing after ACCC investigation
  The Trading Post, which publishes classified advertising in print and online, has amended its mar...
  Issued: 17^th June 2005 Release # MR 150/05
• ACCC institutes against StoresOnline and Galaxy Mall for allegedly deceiving consumers about e-commerce home business opportunities
  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted legal proceedings against Store...
  Issued: 2^nd June 2005 Release # MR 138/05
• eBay modifies GST policy after discussions with ACCC
  All traders selling products via the Internet auction site www.eBay.com.au will be required to in...
  Issued: 23^rd May 2005 Release # MR 126/05
• Swiss company misleads Australian businesses in relation to international fax directory
  Swiss company, IT...
  Issued: 26^th July 2004 Release # MR 137/04
• ACCC issues warning to on-line traders: 'shape-up' sites
  Australian businesses using the Internet as a sales point have been told to review their sites fo...
  Issued: 25^th June 2004 Release # MR 105/04
• Internet sites close, change after international sweep
  More than 30 Australian traders have taken down or amended misleading and deceptive internet site...
  Issued: 30^th April 2004 Release # MR 070/04
• Court finds internet domain name facilitator guilty of misleading and deceptive conduct
  The Federal Court today handed down orders following an earlier finding that Domain Names Austral...
  Issued: 27^th April 2004 Release # MR 065/04
• ACCC joins international campaign to reduce spam
  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has joined an international campaign led by th...
  Issued: 30^th January 2004 Release # MR 003/04
• Court declares imitation Sydney Opera House website illegal
  Mr Richard Chen misled and deceived consumers by operating websites that imitated the Sydney Oper...
  Issued: 28^th August 2003 Release # MR 180/03
• ACCC joins international effort to combat spam
  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has joined forces with law enforcement agencie...
  Issued: 20^th May 2003 Release # MR 102/03
• International law enforcement network builds consumer confidence in on-line buys
  Consumers across the world can now have more confidence when making purchases online due to actio...
  Issued: 30^th March 2003 Release # MR 057/03
• Consumer refunds for claimed health cures sold over internet
  Victorian based Internet trader Mr Michael Desveaux will provide refunds to consumers who bought ...
  Issued: 10^th February 2003 Release # MR 025/03
• ACCC watches internet trading over Christmas/New Year
  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will be closely monitoring complaints about e-...
  Issued: 16^th December 2002 Release # MR 325/02
• Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd offers undertakings to allow internet advertising in classifieds
  Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd has provided court-enforceable undertakings to the Australian Compe...
  Issued: 5^th December 2002 Release # MR 308/02
• Domain Name Reseller to provide refunds following ACCC Federal Court action
  Internet Registrations Australia Pty Ltd will provide refunds to recipients of its misleading 're...
  Issued: 5^th December 2002 Release # MR 307/02
• Mirror Opera House website: ACCC acts
  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has filed proceedings in the Federal Court, Sy...
  Issued: 11^th November 2002 Release # MR 277/02
• ACCC warns of mis-use of 'SPAM'
  Unsolicited external e-mails, commonly known as 'spam', can be mis-used by scammers, the Australi...
  Issued: 2^nd May 2002 Release # MR 101/02
• ACCC alleges misleading conduct by Internet Name Group
  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted Federal Court proceedings again...
  Issued: 18^th April 2002 Release # MR 081/02
• Federal Court fines internet trader for contempt
  The Federal Court has fined Purple Harmony Plates Pty Ltd $20,000 and imposed $10,000 fines on th...
  Issued: 11^th April 2002 Release # MR 075/02
• No Shopfront - No Excuse for Sloppy Net Traders
  NSW-based bicycle importer and Internet retailer Easybuy.com.au Pty Ltd, which trades as Bikes Di...
  Issued: 11^th April 2002 Release # MR 074/02
• Better dispute resolution for 'e-consumers' needed: ACCC
  With consumer confidence a key to the development of e-commerce, promoting more effective alterna...
  Issued: 3^rd April 2002 Release # MR 067/02
• Federal Court orders following ACCC action assists small businesses regarding internet registration
  Small businesses are better protected from misleading demands over Internet re-registrations, aft...
  Issued: 8^th March 2002 Release # MR 043/02
• ACCC watching the internet over Christmas/New Year
  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will be closely monitoring complaints about e-...
  Issued: 17^th December 2001 Release # MR 317/01
• ACCC hosts E-Commerce conference
  Many companies, organisations and agencies are wondering if they are taking full advantage of the...
  Issued: 9^th November 2001 Release # MR 279/01
• Competition in the E-Commerce economy
  A Discussion Paper on E-Commerce and Competition Issues under the Trade Practices Act has been is...
  Issued: 4^th October 2001 Release # MR 253/01
• Federal Court rules against unsubstantiated advertising claims on the internet
  An Australian business making unsubstantiated health and other claims for its products on the Int...
  Issued: 9^th August 2001 Release # MR 180/01
• ACCC calls for eviction of cybersquatters
  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today called for a concerted global effort to ...
  Issued: 18^th June 2001 Release # MR 138/01
• Global consumer protection website launched
  Consumer protection agencies all over the world are entering a new era of cooperation.
  Issued: 3^rd May 2001 Release # MR 101/01
• ACCC steps up consumer protection on-line
  Consumers have more opportunities to protect themselves and others against scams in cyberspace af...
  Issued: 20^th April 2001 Release # MR 092/01
• ACCC powers extend even to cyberspace
  A tangled web is being woven by retailers who first practice to mislead or deceive.
  Issued: 11^th April 2001 Release # MR 081/01
• ACCC sweeps internet to protect consumers
  On-line consumers in Australia and abroad can more confidently buy goods and services over the In...
  Issued: 15^th February 2001 Release # MR 030/01
• Fair.com: Helping ISPs to work with the Trade Practices Act
  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today issued a publication, fair.
  Issued: 15^th February 2001 Release # MR 028/01
• Cosmetic web advertising to change after ACCC action
  The Australian Institute of Permanent Make-up will change its advertising on its website after Au...
  Issued: 2^nd February 2001 Release # MR 016/01
• ACCC calls for caution in domain name renewals
  The Australian Competition ...
  Issued: 31^st January 2001 Release # MR 015/01
• ACCC takes action against internet business
  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today issued legal proceedings against an Inte...
  Issued: 3^rd November 2000 Release # MR 296/00
• Complainants prefer face-to-face - not electronic interface
  Australians still prefer to make complaints about goods or services face-to-face, not electronica...
  Issued: 24^th October 2000 Release # MR 280/00
• ACCC advises business to be diligent website 'Gardeners'
  Advertisers on the Internet must carefully and systematically 'weed' outdated material from websi...
  Issued: 28^th July 2000 Release # MR 202/00
• ACCC welcomes passage of OECD E-Commerce guidelines
  OECD governments have taken a significant step forward by agreeing on a set of guidelines to help...
  Issued: 16^th December 1999 Release # MR 247/99
• E-Commerce fails the test: International Sweep Day results show most sites don't provide basic consumer information
  Results from the International Internet Sweep Day held on 23 September have shown that most e-com...
  Issued: 13^th October 1999 Release # MR 197/99
• Testing the net: international sweep day benchmarks E-Commerce service
  Today's International Internet Sweep Day will test just how well business is being done on the In...
  Issued: 23^rd September 1999 Release # MR 180/99
• Copycat internet domain name business heads to court
  An Internet domain name registration business has drawn Australian Competition and Consumer Commi...
  Issued: 1^st May 1998 Release # MR 080/98
• 'Slam a Scam'
  Slam a Scam is the message for Internet consumers from the Australian Competition and Consumer Co...
  Issued: 16^th October 1997 Release # MR 138/97
• International agencies swoop on internet scams
  Australians risk losing millions of dollars to Internet fraud, the Australian Competition and Con...
  Issued: 15^th October 1997 Release # MR 136/97
• On-line retailiers urged to respect consumer needs
  The on-line retailing industry has been challenged to think proactively and set up its own mechan...
  Issued: 23^rd April 1996 Release # MR 049/96