Virgin Media customers in the dark over email outage
Brands sending marketing campaigns to anyone with a Virgin Media email address could simply be “pissing in the wind” after…
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Regulators urged to act now on ‘generative AI harms’
The largest consumer group in Europe, the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC), whose UK members include Which? and Citizen’s Advice, has…
ICO issues cookie warning despite looming law overhaul
UK businesses have been warned they could face fines if they persist in flouting the law on how they operate…
‘Freak reduction’ sees PECR moans drop by three-fifths
The number of so-called nuisance calls and texts reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office under the Privacy & Electronic Communications…
Corporate TPS clampdown continues with £250k fines
It seems fines for abuse of the Corporate Telephone Preference Service are just like London buses, you wait ages for…
ICO finally gets serious about abuse of Corporate TPS
The Information Commissioners Office has fired a warning shot over rogue firms which make unlawful marketing calls to businesses after…
Critics round on Government crackdown on scammers
The Government’s national crackdown on scams – first outlined earlier this week – has been branded “too little, too late”…
Govt to extend cold call ban but will it stop scammers?
The Government is planning to bolster its attack on financial scammers by finally extending the ban on pension cold calls…
MPs lay into ‘inadequate’ data protection reform bill
MPs from all parties have expressed major concerns about the Government’s data reforms, with many claiming the proposed legislation does…
PECR wrecker recruitment firm hit with £130,000 fine
The crackdown on illegal marketing has claimed yet another scalp, with recruitment firm Join the Triboo the latest to incur…