CommBank fined $3.55m over millions of spam marketing emails

June 7, 2023 9:04

Commonwealth Bank has been fined $3.55 million for breaching spam laws related to some 65 million marketing emails the bank sent.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), who levied the fine, found in its investigation that customers were required by CommBank to log in to their accounts in order to unsubscribe. It had sent some 61 million marketing emails.

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Nico Arboleda

Nico Arboleda was a contract reporter at Mumbrella, covering adtech and martech. He left Mumbrella in June 2023.

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CommBank fined $3.55m over millions of spam marketing emails

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