ICO fines two firms for over one million nuisance calls made to TPS subscribers

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined two companies that made nearly 1.73 million direct marketing phone calls to people registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS).

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Monday, November 26, 2018

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The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) has fined two companies that made nearly 1.73 million direct marketing phone calls to people registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS).
DM Design Bedrooms Ltd based in Cumbernauld, Glasgow has been fined 160,000 for making more than 1.6 million nuisance calls to TPS subscribers between April and November 2017.
During that period, the TPS and the ICO received 99 complaints, including:
In a separate ICO investigation, Solartech North East Ltd based in Middlesbrough was fined 90,000 for making 74,902 calls to numbers registered with the TPS between May and June 2017.
We appreciate the publics help by reporting nuisance calls to the ICO.