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Correct, the fines are those set in legislation and collected by the government. I suppose in the US you might say Google was found guilty of a "corporate misde
by andyferris 4y ago
Correct, the fines are those set in legislation and collected by the government. I suppose in the US you might say Google was found guilty of a "corporate misdemeanor"? I think the ACCC overlaps with some functions of the FTC; they are the investigator and prosecutor in such cases.
(It's worth noting that while Australia does have class actions for collecting compensation, here civil cases can never collect punitive damages so it's probably hard to extract a large sum from Google through that route in this particular case).