Pizza Hut fined A$2.5m for sending 10 million spam messages

The company sent out millions of emails and text messages without consent or the option to unsubscribe.

Pizza Pan Group Pty Ltd in Australia has been fined A$2,502,500 ($1,670,531) by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) for sending more than 10 million marketing messages without consent during a four-month period – violating the Spam Act 2003.

Between January to May 2023, Pizza Hut sent out 5,941,109 texts and emails to customers

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