Home Office pulls plug on Category B prison call centre
The future of prison call centres – where inmates are paid £3.40 a day to carry out lifestyle surveys and…
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Lloyds Bank call centre duo banged up for data fraud
Companies have long been warned about “the enemy within” but further proof of the need to keep a closer eye…
Bent copper gets five years for car crash data theft
A corrupt police officer, who made an estimated £363,000 by selling details of car crash victims to claims management firms…
New industry body to tackle threat to outbound calling
Brand owners, telemarketers, data professionals and trade bodies are being urged to join a new industry group which is being…
Second firm in a week shuts up shop to avoid ICO fine
Concerns that the Information Commissioner’s Office crackdown on rogue telemarketing companies is becoming paralysed by Government inaction have heightened 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…
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…
FCA gears up for £42m blitz to push PPI claims deadline
High street banks face the prospect of another stampede of PPI mis-selling claims with the City watchdog poised to launch…
DMA launches mobile call blocking app linked to TPS
The DMA is launching a new mobile call blocking app – linked to the Telephone Preference Service – which it…
Swansea call centre boss is jailed for energy bill fraud
The boss of a Swansea call centre, who was already serving a suspended sentence for a cold call scam, has…