Key Takeaways
- The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has declared that there is a need for “industry guidance to ensure greater consumer protection by the ‘app’ games industry.
- As a result it has copied the advice of the UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT), and advised the industry to follow the OFT’s eight principles published in September this year.
- The guidance can be considered to be equally applicable to online gaming apps, and if flouted, could provide an additional mechanism for legal action against poker operators serving the Australian market.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has declared that there is a need for industry guidance to ensure greater consumer protection by the ‘app’ games industry.
