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 –…
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Ofcom warns caller ID scams will take years to kill off
Ofcom has admitted the UK is lagging other countries in the war against so-called “spoofing” – the technique widely used…
Concerns grow as nuisance call gripes hit four-year high
Fears are growing over a return to the bad old days of nuisance call bombardment with official figures showing consumer…
Three more fingered as ICO stays focused on rogues
There might be changing of the guard looming at the Information Commissioner’s Office – in both personnel and direction –…
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…
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…