So far, Target has racked up more than $ 60 million in
charges as a result of the breach, which was one of the largest for a retailer in history.
Not exact matches
The triumphant
result is that the drinks colossus Diageo,
as an example, could go on meeting junior ministers and special advisers to argue against, say, minimum pricing for alcohol, while Alcohol Concern (annual income, less than # 1m) would have to jump through a chilling series
of hoops in order to take part in any kind
of campaigning, with the risk
of criminal
charges if it were found in
breach of a law that the Electoral Commission says is so opaque it can not confidently predict how it will police it.
As a
result, Desjardins
breached s. 12
of the CPA by imposing a
charge that was not disclosed in its contract with consumers, namely the cardholder agreement.
The banks could argue that, even if a customer is in
breach of contract
as a
result of failing to ensure that there are sufficient funds in the account, that
breach has been waived and instead the bank has accepted the customer's offer, made by presenting a cheque or similar, with the
result that there is a variation
of the existing banking contract, subject to the bank's usual terms about interest and
charges, eg
charges for consideration
of an overdraft application and provision
of funds where not previously arranged in advance.
At the discretion
of the Registrar, a proposed Settlement Agreement may be sent to you
as broker if the investigation
results in
charges, which state the specific rule
breached by the licensee and the penalty / penalties imposed.