Big issues still to tackle in 2022: Keep your PECR up
In the final instalment of our series re-examining the industry’s “big issues to tackle in 2017” we look at the…
illegal marketing
Virgin Media fined for illegal email marketing campaign
Virgin Media has finally come a cropper over its alleged dodgy data practices after being caught circumventing privacy regulations to…
Cold call crackdown clobbers Fulham pension advisor
The Information Commissioner’s Office might be without a boss for the next month, with Elizabeth Denham gone and successor John…
Top brands fingered and fined for being PECR wreckers
The Information Commissioner’s Office has sent out yet another warning to companies that it will leave no stone unturned in…
Cold war: Another pension business gets hit in the PECR
Halifax-based company Parkin Beacher has become the latest firm to fall foul of the crackdown on illegal marketing to people…
Rogues back on the phones as PECR gripes hit new high
Concerns that the UK could be hit by a fresh barrage of nuisance calls have been realised with the latest…
‘Abusive’ home improvement business nailed by ICO
The Information Commissioner’s Office is continuing its relentless pursuit of companies which breach the PECR legislation, with a Sussex home…
Three PECR pests fined £415,000 for illegal marketing
The relentless pursuit of PECR miscreants by the Information Commissioner’s Office has triggered three separate fines – totalling £415,000 –…
Data thief dodges jail but must pay back £25k or else
A former RAC employee, who stole the personal data of customers involved in traffic accidents and then flogged the information…
Rogues go free as nuisance call crackdown is sidelined
The scourge of so-called nuisance calls is still alive and kicking, with an analysis of complaints made to the Information…