ICO fingered for breaching GDPR over cookie cock-up
The Information Commissioner’s Office has been forced to give itself a bollocking after admitting that its own website cookies are…
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Staffs firm joins TPS hall of shame with £90,000 fine
The war against companies which abuse the Telephone Preference Service has claimed yet another “collar”, with Staffordshire home security specialist…
ICO ‘failings’ exposed as most probes come to nothing
The Information Commissioner’s Office enforcement team is facing further scrutiny following the release of new figures which show that, over the…
Bungalow blight: High Court winds up rogue call firm
AMS Marketing, the company registered to an unassuming bungalow in the small seaside town of Peacehaven, has been forced into…
They keep coming back: another PPI firm gets kicking
The Information Commissioner’s Office is continuing to plough through its huge backlog of cases with its latest enforcement action taking…
ICO reveals it has 10,000 data breach cases to probe
The full scale of the gargantuan task facing Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham and her team has been revealed after the…
Pre-paid funeral firm’s marketing plans buried by ICO
Pre-paid funeral service Avalon Direct has dug itself into a large hole after being fined £80,000 for making unlawful marketing calls…
Pensions firm pays hefty price for dodgy legal advice
A Kent pensions company has had its fingers burned for relying on “misleading” legal advice after being scolded by the…
The wheels come off for Vote Leave over illegal texts
Vote Leave might have got away with its controversial battle bus but, when it comes to illegal marketing, it has…
UK watchdogs fail to hound out nuisance call cowboys
UK regulators have been forced to admit that the war on rogue telemarketers – which has included millions of pounds…