Pizza Hut Australia hit with over $2.5 million penalty for spam marketing messages

Pizza Hut Australia has been hit with an over $2.5 million penalty for spam.

On Thursday morning, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) announced that Pizza Pan Group – trading as Pizza Hut Australia – has paid a penalty of $2,502,500 for sending over 10 million marketing messages across a four month period; a breach of Australian spam laws.

An ACMA investigation found that 5,941,109 texts and emails were sent from January to May last year to customers who either had not consented or had withdrawn their consent to receive marketing.

“Some of the customers involved had attempted to unsubscribe several times and received multiple messages after trying to stop them,” authority member Samantha Yorke said.