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…
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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,…
Bury firm faces grave impact of making 15m rogue calls
The Information Commissioner’s Office may have let the adtech industry off the hook for the foreseeable future, but rogue claims…
Welsh firm hit for making 100,000 rogue pension calls
A company which made more than 100,000 telemarketing calls to people about their pensions – even though it did not…
‘Reckless’ firm called 270,000 consumers on the TPS
A Welsh company which was found to have made over 270,000 calls to people registered on the Telephone Preference Service…
ICO reveals fewer than 1% of investigations led to a fine
The Information Commissioner’s Office annual report has exposed a chronic hit-rate when it comes to regulatory action, despite operating costs…
Rogues hang up as nuisance calls plummet in lockdown
Covid-19 might be wreaking havoc with all areas of business but it seems to have also put the wind up marketing rogues, with…
Denham plays ‘good cop, bad cop’ in ICO rule shake-up
Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has reinforced her message that her office will show greater leniency to firms during the Covid-19…
At last, ICO issues the first PECR penalty in six months
Just when it had seemingly gone all quiet on the Western Front in the war on so-called nuisance calls, a…
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…