Aviva ramps up campaign to get cold calling outlawed
Aviva is piling pressure on the Government to introduce a wholesale ban on cold calling for all financial services –…
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Over 170 companies under investigation for rogue calls
The Information Commissioner’s Office is ratcheting up its battle against so-called nuisance calls, with 177 cases now under investigation and…
Watchdog muzzles lawyers to sink teeth into SMS firm
The wisdom of companies hiring expensive lawyers to fight their corner once the Information Commissioner’s Office comes knocking has been…
Data firms ‘on a hiding to nothing’ in ICO investigations
Verso Group has hit back at the Information Commissioner’s Office’s handling of its investigation – and subsequent press statements – …
Data industry braced for knock at door as ICO hits Verso
The Information Commissioner’s Office has put the data broking industry on red alert after slapping Verso Group with an £80,000…
Second firm in a week shuts up shop to avoid ICO fine
Concerns that the Information Commissioner’s Office crackdown on rogue telemarketing companies is becoming paralysed by Government inaction have heightened after…
PPI cowboys ride roughshod over latest ICO crackdown
As the Terminator-style PPI compensation ads roll out, fresh evidence has emerged that directors of rogue claims companies are putting…
ICO ratchets up TPS abuse clampdown with £85k fine
The Information Commissioner’s Office has shown it will take no prisoners in its crackdown on abuse of the Telephone Preference…
TPS screening gaffe sparks fresh warning from ICO
A major Telephone Preference Service screening cock-up has triggered a fresh warning from the Information Commissioner’s Office over non-compliance after…
DMA launches mobile call blocking app linked to TPS
The DMA is launching a new mobile call blocking app – linked to the Telephone Preference Service – which it…