‘Wolves of Wind Street’ gang are banged up for 12 years
A gang of four men, who called themselves “The Wolves of Wind Street”, have been jailed for a total of…
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Pre-paid funeral firm’s marketing plans buried by ICO
Pre-paid funeral service Avalon Direct has dug itself into a large hole after being fined £80,000 for making unlawful marketing calls…
Swansea telemarketing gang guilty of ‘free’ boiler fraud
A gang of four men who ran a huge telemarketing scam out of an office in Swansea, which it is…
ICO reopens tender to run £5m contract for the TPS
The tender to run the Telephone Preference Service – worth £5m over five years – has been rebooted 18 months…
Gang of four sentenced over Axa Insurance data theft
Four men who ran a scam in which customer data was stolen from Axa Insurance and then passed on to…
Telefundraising agency blames GDPR as debts mount
The boss of one of the UK’s largest charity telemarketing agencies has blamed GDPR for a collapse in the company’s…
Pensions cold calls banned at last – but doubts remain
The Government has finally outlawed pensions cold calling – two years after the ban was first announced – with companies…
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…
Two firms hit with £250,000 in fines for ignoring TPS
The relentless pursuit of companies which are abusing the Telephone Preference Service has triggered new fines totalling £250,000, following a double…
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…