Search Privacy Fines

This Is The Big Deal Limited sent or instigated the sending of 41,417,889 unsolicited direct marketing messages (39,906,342 emails and 1,511,547 text messages) to individuals who had not consented to receiving such messages, in contravention of regulation 22 of PECR. 102,132 of the text messages were sent without the necessary opt-out information as required by regulation 23 of PECR. The company was fined £30,000.

National Debt Advice sent 129,902 unsolicited direct marketing text messages to individuals in breach of regulation 22 of PECR resulting in over 4,000 complaints to the 7726 spam reporting service. The company was fined £30,000 and issued with an enforcement notice.

Fortis Insolvency Limited sent 558,354 direct marketing SMS messages without valid consent with 527,481 received by subscribers between 26 July 2020 and 26 July 2021 in contravention of regulation 22 of PECR. The company was fined £30,000 and issued with an enforcement notice.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Halfords Limited £30,000 for sending 498,179 unsolicited marketing emails to people without their consent.

A company that instructed a firm in Belize to send around 64,000 spam texts promoting loans on its behalf has been fined £20,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office.

A data brokerage company traded personal data without the consent of the data subjects.

Live calls being made with a view to generating leads for potential claims for damages in respect of hearing loss caused by working in a noisy environment

Costelloe & Kelly Ltd undertook a direct text marketing campaign without a valid consent to individuals in contravention of Regulation 22 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.

1718 unsolicited calls were made by the Company for direct marketing purposes to people who were registered with the TPS. This resulted in 4 complaints being made to the TPS and the Commissioner.

Company sent of unsolicited direct marketing emails without the required consent.

Utility Guard Limited (UGL), based in Chichester, West Sussex made 1,932 unsolicited direct marketing calls to people registered with the TPS between 4 August 2020 and 28 July 2021. The ICO investigation found the company did not hold a TPS licence, were calling customers, some of which were designated by “trueCall” as vulnerable, and had taken money from a person who has dementia. The company showed a wilful disregard of the law and failed to respond to multiple enquiries from the ICO. The ICO has fined UGL £20,000 and issued an enforcement notice demanding the company comply with the law within 30 days.

Between 1 June 2020 and 30 June 2020, Seaview Brokers Limited instigated the making of 4,737 unsolicited calls for direct marketing purposes in contravention of regulation 21 PECR. The company has been fined £15,000.

An ICO investigation into Honda Motor Europe Ltd revealed the car company had sent 289,790 emails aiming to clarify certain customers’ choices for receiving marketing.