Smash ‘n’ grab: Car rental man sentenced for data theft
A man who unlawfully accessed motorists’ personal data from Enterprise Rent-A-Car to pursue personal injury claims for financial gain has…
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Brazier exposed as PECR wrecker gets pukka penalty
Claims management firm Brazier Consulting Services has become the latest business to be exposed as a PECR pest after being…
Georgia, oh Georgia: Debt collectors hunt cold call rogue
The Information Commissioner’s Office is attempting to silence those who have slammed its record in getting monetary penalties paid by…
Bury firm faces grave impact of making 15m rogue calls
The Information Commissioner’s Office may have let the adtech industry off the hook for the foreseeable future, but rogue claims…
Data theft ‘fence’ ordered to pay £109,000 to Aviva
Aviva’s drive to crack down on illegally obtained data in the claims industry is not entirely for the “greater good”,…
Aviva steps up war on black market for accident data
Finance giant Aviva is calling for a change in the law to force personal injury claims solicitors to declare where…
As life after PPI looms, claims firms face ad clampdown
Claims management companies (CMCs) might be launching one last push for PPI compensation claims but they also face a fresh…
Jailed data theft copper forced to pay back £300,000
A bent police officer, who was jailed in October 2017 for selling car crash victims’ data to claims management firms…
Bent copper gets five years for car crash data theft
A corrupt police officer, who made an estimated £363,000 by selling details of car crash victims to claims management firms…
MoJ claim reforms will spark ‘nuisance call epidemic’
The Ministry of Justice’s changes to personal injury compensation payments for victims of UK road accidents will mean nuisance calls…