TPS abuse appeal goes tits up as judge increases fine
Companies which find themselves on the wrong side of the Information Commissioner’s Office should be careful what they wish for after one…
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Fresh delay leaves ePrivacy Regulation dead in water
The much maligned ePrivacy Regulation appears all but dead and buried after representatives of the EU states have rejected the…
Show us the money: £7m in ICO fines still outstanding
Over £7m in fines issued for breaches of data protection and telemarketing laws in the UK over the past four…
Aviva steps up war on black market for accident data
Finance giant Aviva is calling for a change in the law to force personal injury claims solicitors to declare where…
‘Rip-off’ telemarketing firm forced to shut up shop
A telemarketing company which targeted elderly consumers to flog them health supplements at “astronomical” mark-ups has been wound up in…
Indian call centres axed as UK police shut IT fraud ring
Two criminal call centres in Kolkata, India, which were instrumental in defrauding thousands of victims in the UK alone through…
Chichester firm raided in pension nuisance call probe
Chichester might be best known for its Cathedral, theatre, and harbour but the Information Commissioner’s Office has unearthed something rather…
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…
Telefundraising agency Listen calls time on business
Telephone fundraising agency Listen, which earlier this year blamed GDPR for a collapse in the company’s business, is shutting up…
DMA fights off competition to retain £5m TPS contract
The DMA has retained the account to run the Telephone Preference Service and Corporate TPS – worth a tidy £5m…