Screen scraping warnings not anti-competitive

The ACCC, responding to questions on notice as part of a parliamentary inquiry by the Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology, said that “statements or warnings regarding potential security or safety risks associated with screen scraping and sharing passwords … does not appear to have the purpose or effect of substantially lessening competition.”

See:

Chris Duckett, ‘ACCC says bank screen scraping warnings are not anti-competitive’ (ZDNet, 10 August 2020)

Justin Hendry, ‘ACCC sides with banks in screen scraping warning war’ (IT News, 10 August 2020)

James Eyers, ‘ASIC, ACCC give green light to ‘screen scraping’ (AFR, 28 February 2020)

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