Sportsbet to pay $3.7 million in penalties and refunds for alleged contraventions of the Spam Act
Sportsbet Pty Ltd has been fined $2.5 million and has committed to refund customers around $1.2 million for alleged contraventions of sections 16(1) and 18(1) of the Spam Act. Additional remedial actions are also required by Sportsbet as a result of a related three-year court-enforceable undertaking accepted by the ACMA under section 38 of the Spam Act. For further information on the Spam Act, including commercial electronic messages, consent of the recipient, the unsubscribe facility and consequences of a suspected breach of the Spam Act, see Practice note, Digital and online marketing: Spam Act.
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