Stop TrueLocal from publishing untrue reviews about Australian Businesses

The issue

This is very important because True local (Australian Local Search Pty Ltd) are publishing damaging reviews which haven’t been proven 100% accurate or true.  

This can be very damaging to Businesses, Causing them great financial losses and in severe cases causing businesses to lay off employees and shutdown.

You’re guilty until you spend a lot of time and money trying to prove you’re innocent.  True local still will not remove your business listing when requested also they will not remove an untrue review


True local will let anyone sign up to review Businesses that are listed on True Locals (Australian Local Search Pty Ltd) online directory service.

Anyone can start a fake email account, even with no Identification, they could be a criminal, insane or under 18 and sign up in under 5 minutes.

 You can easily leave an untrue bad review about any Australian Company you don’t like or are in competition with and cause costly damage.

 This all happens without the review first being properly checked that:

1) The person posting it is a real Person over 18 years old,

2) The poster is being honest, that the story is 100% true and correct

3)  Or even if the poster is really a past customer of that business (Often customers get confused and review the wrong companies).

4) True Locals (Australian Local Search Pty Ltd) bad reviews can cost a business thousands of dollars or even worse it could shut an Australian business down leaving staff and business owners’ unemployed even if the reviews are not true.

This kind of power for persecution or Companies and Businesses should be reserved for the Australian legal system, not for an irresponsible private company.


True Local should not be allowed to list or publish information about a business or Company without having the Business Owners or Company Directors permission to do so. 


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The issue

This is very important because True local (Australian Local Search Pty Ltd) are publishing damaging reviews which haven’t been proven 100% accurate or true.  

This can be very damaging to Businesses, Causing them great financial losses and in severe cases causing businesses to lay off employees and shutdown.

You’re guilty until you spend a lot of time and money trying to prove you’re innocent.  True local still will not remove your business listing when requested also they will not remove an untrue review


True local will let anyone sign up to review Businesses that are listed on True Locals (Australian Local Search Pty Ltd) online directory service.

Anyone can start a fake email account, even with no Identification, they could be a criminal, insane or under 18 and sign up in under 5 minutes.

 You can easily leave an untrue bad review about any Australian Company you don’t like or are in competition with and cause costly damage.

 This all happens without the review first being properly checked that:

1) The person posting it is a real Person over 18 years old,

2) The poster is being honest, that the story is 100% true and correct

3)  Or even if the poster is really a past customer of that business (Often customers get confused and review the wrong companies).

4) True Locals (Australian Local Search Pty Ltd) bad reviews can cost a business thousands of dollars or even worse it could shut an Australian business down leaving staff and business owners’ unemployed even if the reviews are not true.

This kind of power for persecution or Companies and Businesses should be reserved for the Australian legal system, not for an irresponsible private company.


True Local should not be allowed to list or publish information about a business or Company without having the Business Owners or Company Directors permission to do so. 


Please Sign if you agree.

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Always Prompt Repairs Pty LtdPetition starter

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Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
Australian Competition & Consumer Commission

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Petition created on 24 May 2013