Latitude Finance fined $3.96 million for 2nd breach of spam laws
April 15, 2026
Latitude Finance has either been very incompetent or very obstreperous. In March 2023 Latitude suffered from a massive data breach in March 2023. In 2022 it was fined $1.55 million for breaching the Australian Spam Laws. It entered into an enforceable undertaking. That resulted in further spam breaches between March 2024 and April 2025 where more than 2.3 million messages were sent, of which 344,416 messages did not have an unsubscribe function. As a result ACMA has fined Latitude $3.96 million and a new court enforceable undertaking.
The media release provides:
Latitude Finance Australia (Latitude) has paid a $3.96 million penalty after the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) found the company breached Australia’s spam laws more than 2.7 million times.
The ACMA investigation found that between March 2024 and April 2025, Latitude sent more than 2.3 million marketing messages without accurate contact information, of which 344,416 messages also lacked a working unsubscribe function.
This is the second time the ACMA has taken enforcement action against Latitude for spam breaches. In 2022, the company paid a $1.55 million penalty for similar contraventions. Read the rest of this entry »