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SYDNEY, Dec 7 (Reuters) - An Australian court fined Uber Technologies Inc A$21 million ($14 million) on Wednesday for threatening cancellation fees it never charged and overstating fare estimates on some rides.

It comes after Former Wales captain Laura McAllister said she was among female football fans who were 'told to take off their rainbow bucket hats' at the Qatari stadium ahead of Wales' match against USA on Monday.

ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb said in a statement that the fine "clearly signals to businesses that misleading consumers about the cost of a product or service is a serious matter which can attract substantial penalties".

ride-sharing app broke consumer law by misleading customers with warnings they would be charged for cancelling some rides from 2017 to 2021 and by using an inaccurate software algorithm to estimate fares for a taxi service it offered until August 2020, the Federal Court ruled.



The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), which brought the case against Uber, and the tech firm had already agreed on a fine of A$26 million, but O'Bryan told the court the evidence provided by both sides was "grossly inadequate", leaving him to speculate on the harm to consumers.

McAllister said today: 'I was always going to wear my rainbow bucket hat to today's game, regardless of what we heard back from Fifa, but I'm really pleased we've been able to force Fifa's hand on this.

The judge had made clear that the lower penalty "should not be understood as any reduction in the court's resolve to impose penalties appropriate to ... deterring contraventions of the Australian Consumer Law", Cass-Gottlieb added.

When teamed with copious amounts of jewellery including a Jessica McCormack pinky ring, it's Mossy at her best. This time she rocked a sheer black mesh maxi dress with silver threads running through it in an almost Aztec design. Oh and did we mention the deep cowl neckline?

Judge Michael Hugh O'Bryan said in a written ruling that by supplying inaccurate information on its smartphone app, Uber "would be expected to lead a proportion of consumers to alter their decision and not proceed with the cancellation and perhaps deter future cancellations", while distorting demand for its service.

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Welsh fan Hywel Price, VOLOS NAFPLION TRANSFER from Cardiff, said he was one of 13 friends who were set to miss the match against Iran because they were not allowed to board their flight from Dubai to Qatar due to an issue with their Hayya cards.



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