TPS is working but we need more complaints, says DMA
The head of the Telephone Preference Service has refuted suggestions that the scheme is failing to block millions of so-called…
nuisance calls
Covid fuels fresh barrage of nuisance marketing calls
Any hope that Covid-19 would batter cowboy marketers has been scotched by a fresh surge in nuisance calls targeting the…
Four firms hit for £480,000 in new raid on TPS abusers
Companies which persist in making cold calls to consumers without running their files against the Telephone Preference Service have been…
£42.5m in ICO fines unpaid due to appeals and rogues
Efforts to batter companies which break data protection laws are still being hampered by firms that refuse to cough up…
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…
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…
Pension firm slapped down for 39,0000 unlawful calls
The Information Commissioner’s Office is continuing to round up the marketing cowboys by issuing its second fine in as many…
Ministers urged to get ICO enforcement back on track
The Government is coming under increasing pressure to give the Information Commissioner’s Office a kick up the backside, amid claims…
Bungalow marketing rogue whacked with six year ban
The boss of a telemarketing firm, registered to an unassuming bungalow in the small seaside town of Peacehaven, has become…
Another fine mess? ICO still failing to get rogues to pay
The Information Commissioner’s Office might have been flexing its regulatory muscle over the past month, with major, albeit significantly reduced,…