Australia fines Dell unit $6.5 million, here’s why

Australia’s federal court has fined Dell Technologies’ local unit to pay A$10 million ($6.46 million) in penalties. The court fined the company for misleading about the prices or discounts on its add-on monitors on its website.

In June, the company was found to have misled users by representations about discounts for add-on computer monitors on its website, news agency Reuters said. The legal action was brought by the country’s competition regulator.

“This outcome sends a strong message to businesses that making false representations about prices or inflating discounts is a serious breach of consumer law and will attract substantial penalties,” Liza Carver, commissioner of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), was quoted as saying.