Privacy chief tells charities ‘stop whingeing and change’
Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has hit back at claims that her office has misinterpreted data protection law in its crackdown…
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ICO data abuse probe to trigger fines for 11 charities
Eleven UK charities have been warned to expect fines for breaches of the Data Protection Act, as the investigations into…
Top agency losses put skids under telefundraising
The future of telephone fundraising has been called into question following news that the UK’s biggest charity telemarketing agency has…
Charity chiefs just beat estate agents in telling truth
Consumers have such a low opinion of charity chief executives that they are now only just more trusted to tell…
Blow to smaller charities as FPS plans are revealed
Small and medium-sized charities have had their concerns over the controversial Fundraising Preference Service rebuffed after the Fundraising Regulator finally…
‘Money grabbing’ charities flayed over brutal agency
Seven charities, including RNIB, Unicef and Save the Children, have been battered by the Fundraising Regulator for being so obsessed…
RNLI opt-in goes down a storm as response trebles
Anyone still harbouring doubts about the wisdom of embracing an opt-in marketing regime need look no further than the RNLI’s…
Action for Children takes £100k hit from bust agency
Charity agency Neet Feet, which went into voluntary liquidation in the summer following claims over its aggressive fundraising techniques, has…
Charities offered help with DRTV fundraising ads
With charities facing a triple-whammy of intense media scrutiny, marketing consent regulation and collapsing response rates, some are predicting that…
Charities given five months to sort out marketing
Charities have been given five months to get their operations in shape before new laws governing how they approach potential…