Another fine mess? ICO still failing to get rogues to pay
The Information Commissioner’s Office might have been flexing its regulatory muscle over the past month, with major, albeit significantly reduced,…
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Welsh firm hit for making 100,000 rogue pension calls
A company which made more than 100,000 telemarketing calls to people about their pensions – even though it did not…
‘Reckless’ firm called 270,000 consumers on the TPS
A Welsh company which was found to have made over 270,000 calls to people registered on the Telephone Preference Service…
Charities ramp up digital as mail and phone also return
Two-thirds of charities have overhauled the way they communicate with supporters during lockdown, ushering in a new era of increased…
Rogues hang up as nuisance calls plummet in lockdown
Covid-19 might be wreaking havoc with all areas of business but it seems to have also put the wind up marketing rogues, with…
Anti-bullying educational firm closed for bullying SMEs
A Manchester firm that employed dubious marketing techniques to press-gang SMEs into handing over cash with the promise they would…
Call centre sector braced for Covid-19 double whammy
The contact centre industry is steeling itself for widespread disruption from the spread of coronavirus Covid-19, with companies facing a…
At last, ICO issues the first PECR penalty in six months
Just when it had seemingly gone all quiet on the Western Front in the war on so-called nuisance calls, a…
Rogues go free as nuisance call crackdown is sidelined
The scourge of so-called nuisance calls is still alive and kicking, with an analysis of complaints made to the Information…
Half of last year’s £2m fines for PECR breaches unpaid
Over half the companies which were fined for breaches of electronic marketing law in the past year have yet to…