Firm claiming to block dodgy calls guilty of dodgy calls
A Cardiff-based company which deliberately targeted elderly people to promote call-blocking devices, claiming they were trying to protect them from…
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Legitimate firms face double whammy from robo-calls
The rise of AI telemarketing tools could with see legitimate companies being caught with their trousers down and trigger a…
Two firms spanked for torrent of scare-mongering calls
Two home improvement companies have been fined a total of £370,000 for making hundreds of thousands of unlawful marketing calls,…
Manc firm whacked over 5.5m calls to people in debt
A Manchester-based company, which sent over 5.5 million unsolicited direct marketing texts to people who were already in financial difficulty…
Boss of Horsham rogue call firm hit with six-year ban
The boss of a West Sussex firm which triggered almost 38,000 complaints for unlawful nuisance texts has been banned as…
Scots energy firm coughs up for 700,000 rogue calls
The Information Commissioner’s Office has battered a Glasgow-based company with a £160,000 fine for making over 700,000 unsolicited marketing sales…
Brummie business bashed for barrage of badgering calls
The Information Commissioner’s Office is continuing its seemingly endless war on the scourge of nuisance calls by battering a Birmingham-based…
ICO to offer discounts for law breakers – if they fess up
The Information Commissioner’s Office is planning a major overhaul of how it deals with companies that break data protection laws,…
Sole trader whacked with £200,000 fine for rogue texts
The Information Commissioner’s Office has proved it is not only interested in the rogue telemarketing “big boys” after slapping a…
Publishers call for consent rethink to bolster online ads
The Government must relax the laws around data sharing for advertising purposes to allow the publishing industry to pursue greater…