ICO launches purge of ‘dead numbers’ on the TPS file
The Information Commissioner’s Office has confirmed it has finally started to remove dead and invalid numbers from the Telephone Preference…
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SMEs have already spent 600 hrs on GDPR compliance
As the six-month countdown to the GDPR D-Day of May 25 2018 approaches, new research shows you have to put…
Kids’ online privacy study among winners of ICO grants
A new study into children’s online privacy, a tool to help consumers protect and enforce their data protection rights and…
Americans streets ahead of UK firms with GDPR plans
With GDPR D-Day looming large, it appears the Americans are way ahead of the game when it comes to getting…
DMA tells firms: don’t expect all the answers on GDPR
Companies looking for definitive answers on how to comply with the looming GDPR are barking up the wrong tree; organisations…
Lords cold call ban ‘to fuel more nuisance calls not less’
The Telephone Compliance Council has waded into the row over the House of Lords vote in favour of a ban…
Up to 10 million eye GDPR data compensation pay-out
Up to 10 million UK consumers could seek compensation from companies which hold their data when GDPR comes into force…
Industry body probes huge cost of telemarketing opt-in
The Telephone Compliance Council, the organisation set up to address the regulatory threat to firms which rely on calling consumers,…
How to prevent your firm from being the next Vanquis
The recent £75,000 fine against Vanquis Bank – issued after it was found to have sent 870,849 spam text messages…
Firms finally wake up to GDPR but despair about future
At last it seems companies have woken up to the biggest overhaul of data protection laws in a generation following…