• AU: American Pizza Hut fined $2.5 million to 10 million spam messages

    From Andrzej Adam Filip@21:1/5 to All on Sun May 19 13:09:29 2024
    https://hollywoodunlocked.com/pizza-hut-fined-2-5-million-for-spam-texts-emails/
    Pizza Hut Fined $2.5 Million For Spam Texts & Emails
    ; May 17, 2024 by Deja Monet

    Officials in Australia have fined Pizza Hut $2.5 million for sending customers spam text messages and emails over a four month period.

    The Australian Communications and Media Authority conducted an
    investigation whre they discovered that the American pizza chain was
    sending 5.94 million text messages from January to May last year to
    customers who either did not consent to recieve marketing messages or
    had withdrawn their consent. Additionally, their investigation
    revealed tht 4.36 million marketing messages were sent without an
    option for recipients to unsubcribe. […]

    0.25$ fine per single spam? Isn't it cheap?

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    A. Filip

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