Australia: Competition and Consumer Commission lawsuit against Amazon over alleged unfair contract terms pertaining to introducing advertisement to Prime Video
Progress
Current status
under deliberation
29 Jun 2026 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
Australia
Policy Area
Consumer protection
Policy Instrument
Fair marketing and advertising practice requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
streaming service provider
platform intermediary: e-commerce
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Competition and Consumer Commission filed lawsuit against Amazon over alleged unfair contract terms pertaining to introducing advertisement to Prime Video
On 29 June 2026, the Competition and Consumer Commission filed a lawsuit against Amazon, alleging breaches of the Australian Consumer Law. The proceedings concern Amazon's standard form contracts for annual Amazon Prime subscriptions entered into be…
Event type
public lawsuit
Action type
announcement
Government branch
judiciary
Government body
court