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…
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Tech giants face tailored rules – and fines – in CMA plan
The Competition & Markets Authority has revealed its new plan to regulate tech giants by issuing the likes of Facebook,…
New Digital Markets Unit ‘to bring tech giants to heel’
The Government is planning to force tech giants to adhere to a new regime to give consumers more choice and…
Internet giants cough up £20m in compensation payouts
BT, Sky, TalkTalk, Virgin Media and Zen Internet had to cough up more than £20m to customers in the first…
Royal Mail fined for missed targets but ducks Covid slap
Royal Mail has been delivered a further blow to its finances after being whacked with a £1.5m for failing to…
CMA demands new laws to rein in Facebook and Google
The competition watchdog is calling on the Government to introduce tough new laws to break the stranglehold Google and Facebook…
New tech trade body to join fight against online harms
Both the Government and the Information Commissioner’s Office have backed the launch of a new online industry body, aimed at…
New Ofcom powers to rule social media firms ‘doomed’
Government measures to give Ofcom greater powers to police social media companies are doomed to fail, with the threat of…
£4bn loyalty penalty issue ‘will take a decade to tackle’
The crackdown on the so-called loyalty penalty – which is estimated to cost UK consumers nearly £4bn a year for…
High Court orders Royal Mail to cough up £50m fine
Royal Mail’s has failed in its attempt to overturn a £50m fine – issued by Ofcom last year – for…