Ex-RAC data theft duo ordered to pay back £118,000
Two former RAC employees, who pleaded guilty to unlawfully copying and selling over 29,500 lines of personal information, have been…
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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…
Car crash data thief ordered to pay back over £355,880
A motor insurance worker who unlawfully accessed personal information about car crash claims has been slapped with a £355,880.10 confiscation…
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…
Car finance marketing sparks 100,000 complaints a day
The Information Commissioner’s Office has been inundated with complaints about unsolicited marketing activity for motor finance compensation claims, with 100,000…
Claims firms facing probe over aggressive marketing
The Financial Conduct Authority is launching a major review of the claims management market, triggered by concerns over aggressive marketing…
Regulators unite to pre-empt car finance ‘feeding frenzy’
The UK’s top regulators have joined forces to launch a new taskforce to prevent motor finance claims from turning into…
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…
Two more convicted over mass UK car crash data theft
The Information Commissioner’s Office has welcomed the convictions of two further individuals following its extensive investigation into the unlawful accessing…
‘Untouchable’ overseas call scammers facing wipe-out
Rogue telemarketers hiding behind fake numbers will be unmasked under a new partnership with Britain’s biggest phone companies designed to…