Double-glazing firm smashed for 520,000 illegal calls
GDPR might now be grabbing all the headlines but it seems many marketers are still ignoring PECR – the legislation…
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Boiler business hammered £160,000 over TPS failure
The Telephone Preference Service might be shrinking, with over 5 million inactive and invalid numbers being deleted since last year,…
ICO drops data bombshell as cookie law is overhauled
The Information Commissioner’s Office has torn up its own advice on how firms can gather data through online cookies by…
Marketers braced for fresh crackdown on online data
Marketers are facing a major new threat to how they gather online data, amid fears that so-called “implied consent” for cookies…
EE clobbered with fine for illegal marketing campaign
Mobile giant EE has become the latest major brand to have its collar felt by the data regulator after being…
Data marketing industry ‘put on notice to adapt or die’
Just 24 hours after the adtech sector was accused of systemic breaches of GDPR, the guns are now being turned…
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…
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…