Australia Consumer Law Essay

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Australia has legislation that specifically applies to consumer sales including online sales. Australian consumer protection laws and the privacy laws have a large umbrella and apply to all sales of goods and services to Australians irrespective of where the business is located.

In Australia, the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (‚¬"ACCC‚¬) is currently beginning to review and check websites to ensure that they are abiding by consumer law requirements as well as privacy requirements. To satisfy these laws you need to ensure you meet the consumer and privacy law requirements with respect to your terms and conditions on guarantees and warranties as well as the latest updated privacy laws for your online business.

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DO NOT COPY ANOTHER WEBSITE'S PRIVACY POLICY! You may not use the same practices, it may be out of date, you may get into serious trouble and/or receive regulatory or legal penalties by doing this.

In addition, ensure you are also updated on the latest regulatory updates with respect to the Consumer law. They are also constantly changing and will continue to do so to ensure the protection of consumers with respect to both online and physical business owners.
Australian laws governing sales are very much pro-consumer and if you have a business, online or otherwise, you need to ensure you are aware of these changes and to ensure your business policies match these legal requirements.

If you are a business owner with a website that does not have an updated privacy policy or updated terms and conditions, you may not be considered a professional, credible or compliant site by consumers and may be missing out on valuable business. You may also find the ACCC will assess you and issue you with a penalty payment for your non-compliance. It does not matter that you are online only with no physical shop-what they are concerned about is the protection of Australian consumers. They have started enforcing these requirements for all online

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