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Employment Hero violated terms of API use, Seek's Australian court filings say

By James Panichi ( September 5, 2025, 07:33 GMT | Insight) -- Jobs website Seek has hit back at claims that its decision to kick employment-operating software business Employment Hero off Seek’s employment-advertising platform was anticompetitive, arguing the dispute centered instead on contractual and privacy violations relating to the data of Australian job seekers. In documents filed to the Federal Court of Australia, Seek also claimed that its decision to terminate the commercial arrangement was linked to Employment Hero’s disparaging advertising campaign, which included the headline: “Why Seek when you can be found?”Jobs website Seek has hit back at claims that its decision to kick employment-operating software business Employment Hero off Seek’s platform was anticompetitive, arguing the dispute centered instead on contractual and privacy violations relating to the data of Australian job seekers....

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