Age International signs opt-in data pledge with ICO
Age International has become the latest charity to pledge to use only opt-in data in its telephone fundraising activity after…
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Death knell for cold calling as TPS reaches 22 million
Outbound telesales are all but dead and buried in the UK with new figures showing nearly 22 million people have…
Boiler firm whacked with £180,000 rogue call fine
A boiler replacement firm that had already been warned about making nuisance calls – and placed on the ICO’s hitlist…
Scots family used contact centre data in £1.3m fraud
A Scottish crime family duped scores of pensioners out of their life savings using a fake bank scam fuelled by…
Man cleared over £9m fraud, but jury out on others
One of the Norfolk men accused of being involved in an alleged £9m telemarketing fraud has been acquitted after 21…
Jury considers verdict on £9m marketing fraud
The jury in the trial of four Norfolk men accused of perpetrating a £9m telemarketing fraud, designed to get people…
Agency behind bungled cancer campaign goes under
The charity agency which was lambasted by the Fundraising Standards Board for using a rogue database – which hundreds of…
Fundraising agency forced to close over client cuts
A dearth of fundraising activity has forced a Brighton-based charity agency to shut up shop following a 70% fall in business,…
Brighton firm behind 46m calls gets £350,000 fine
A Brighton-based firm has gained the dubious honour of receiving the largest fine ever dished out by the Information Commissioner’s…
BT call blocker will boost rogue firms, claims expert
The launch of BT’s call blocking service will harm legitimate telemarketers and trigger even more nuisance calls, according to one…