How to prevent your firm from being the next Vanquis
The recent £75,000 fine against Vanquis Bank – issued after it was found to have sent 870,849 spam text messages…
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Vanquis Bank vanquished for massive spam campaign
Vanquis Bank, the finance firm which specialises in targeting consumers with poor credit history, has blotted its own copybook after…
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…
Government resurrects plan to ban pension cold calling
The Government is to press ahead with a ban on pensions cold calling – which will also include text messaging…
Wetherspoons deletes entire email marketing database
Pub chain JD Wetherspoon has taken the unprecedented step of deliberately wiping out its entire email marketing database, amid claims…
Morrisons gets off lightly over deliberate email breach
Morrisons has escaped with little more than a rap on the knuckles despite deliberately sending nearly 131,000 emails to people…
UK firms face months in the dark over PECR shake-up
The Information Commissioner’s Office has conceded that UK firms will be in the dark over the EU ePrivacy Directive update…
Top brands caught with trousers down on email consent
The legality of the email marketing campaigns run by many of the UK’s top brands – including Argos, M&S, Amazon,…
ICO accused of ‘bottling it’ as Which? escapes battering
The Information Commissioner’s Office has dropped its investigation into the data practices of Which?, sparking accusations that the regulator has…