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ICO fines Wigan-based Pinnacle Life £80,000 for “predatory” spam call campaign

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Sabato, Marzo 9, 2024

Wigan-based company Pinnacle Life has been fined £80,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a year-long unlawful spam phone call campaign.

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Wigan-based company Pinnacle Life has been fined £80,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a year-long unlawful spam phone call campaign.

Two home improvement companies fined a total of £250,000 for making illegal marketing calls

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Venerdì, Gennaio 19, 2024

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined two home improvement companies a total of £250,000 for bombarding people on the UK’s ‘do not call’ register with millions of unlawful marketing calls.

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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined two home improvement companies a total of £250,000 for bombarding people on the UK’s ‘do not call’ register with millions of unlawful marketing calls.

ICO fines HelloFresh £140,000 for spam texts and emails

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Domenica, Gennaio 14, 2024

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined food delivery company HelloFresh £140,000 for a campaign of 79 million spam emails and 1 million spam texts over a seven-month period.

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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined food delivery company HelloFresh £140,000 for a campaign of 79 million spam emails and 1 million spam texts over a seven-month period.

MCP Online Ltd

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Domenica, Novembre 5, 2023

Between 1 January 2022 and 28 September 2022 there were 20,939 calls made to CTPS or TPS registered numbers – breach of Reg 21 and 24 of PECR. MCP came to the ICO’s attention following a review of complaints made to the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) in November 2021 as part of Operation Torc, which has been set up to investigate unsolicited pensions calls.

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Between 1 January 2022 and 28 September 2022 there were 20,939 calls made to CTPS or TPS registered numbers – breach of Reg 21 and 24 of PECR. MCP came to the ICO’s attention following a review of complaints made to the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) in November 2021 as part of Operation Torc, which has been set up to investigate unsolicited pensions calls.

UK Direct Business Solutions Limited

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Martedì, Maggio 16, 2023

UK Direct Business Solutions Limited made 410,369 unsolicited marketing calls to businesses registered with the CTPS or TPS between 1 March 2020 and 31 October 2021.

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UK Direct Business Solutions Limited made 410,369 unsolicited marketing calls to businesses registered with the CTPS or TPS between 1 March 2020 and 31 October 2021.
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UK Direct Business Solutions Limited made 410,369 unsolicited marketing calls to businesses registered with the CTPS or TPS between 1 March 2020 and 31 October 2021.