London company fined after 14.8m spam texts sent

London-based firm Tax Returned Limited has been fined £200,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for sending out millions of unsolicited marketing text messages.

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Thursday, December 13, 2018
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Spamming, Marketing, Computing, Cyberspace, eMail, Advertising, Digital marketing, Email spam, Online advertising, Spam, Ico, Text messaging
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  • London-based firm Tax Returned Limited has been fined 200,000 by the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) for sending out millions of unsolicited marketing text messages.
  • The ICO has also served an enforcement notice on Tax Returned, ordering the firm to stop its illegal marketing activity.
  • Generic third party consent is also not enough and companies will be fined if they break the law.
  • Spam texts can also be reported by forwarding them to 7726.
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