Three more fingered as ICO stays focused on rogues
There might be changing of the guard looming at the Information Commissioner’s Office – in both personnel and direction –…
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Bristol firm pummelled for ‘profiteering from Covid-19’
Those who claim the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is all mouth, no trousers when it comes to enforcement have been…
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…
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…
Minister: ‘No hiding place’ for rogue cold call directors
Digital minister Margot James has pledged that there “is now no hiding place” for rogue directors of telemarketing firms, with…
Directors of rogue call firms face fines from next month
It has been over two years in the making but the Government has finally passed legislation which will make directors…
ICO under fire for ‘cavalier approach’ to spam text fine
The boss of a company which has overturned a £60,000 spam text fine on appeal has accused the Information Commissioner’s…
Welsh firm gets battered for 270,000 illegal texts
Another week, another company falls foul of the overworked but unrelenting Information Commissioner’s Office, with the latest business to join…
Pensions cold calling ban set to be in force by June
The Government has finally confirmed that a ban on pensions cold calling – including text and email communications – should…
ICO and DMA back ‘Call Time’ campaign as more go bust
The Information Commissioner’s Office and the DMA have backed Decision Marketing‘s campaign to get the Government to resurrect legislation which…