Search Privacy Fines

Company made unsolicited direct marketing calls without the consent of the recipients.

The company had failed to comply with data protection law because it was not clear with people about what it was doing with their personal information.

TFLI Ltd fined £80,000 after they failed to ensure automated text messages were sent to individuals who had consented to receive marketing.

Unsolicited text messages being sent by a claims management company offering services in respect of mis-sold packaged bank accounts via its website

Sensitive personal details of a woman who accused her partner of domestic abuse were passed to the suspect.

Cold calls being made to those who were registered with the TPS to try and sell solar panels and other green energy saving equipment.

Avalon Direct Ltd made almost 52,000 calls to people who were registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) between 1 March and 20 November 2017.

Between a 12-month period from 1 June 2018 to 31 May 2019, a confirmed total of 4,098,841 direct marketing messages were sent by, or at the instigation, of American Express Services Europe Limited. These messages contained direct marketing material for which subscribers had not provided adequate consent.

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.

Over a four month period SSSL made 188,665 calls of which 126,019 were to TPS registered users and generated 29 complaints.

Organisation is responsible for instigating the transmission of 21,166,574 unsolicited communications by means of electronic mail to subscribers for the purposes of direct marketing between 1 March 2017 and 31 March 2018 without their consent.

British Telecommunications plc (BT) has been fined £77,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office after it sent nearly five million nuisance emails to customers.

Vanquis Bank Ltd made unsolicited communications by means of electronic mail (SMS text message) to individual subscribers without consent of recipients. Vanquis Bank Ltd further instigated on a separate occasion direct marketing emails to subscribers without consent of recipients.

Between 26 May 2019 and 26 May 2020, a total of 29,970,419 unsolicited direct marketing messages were received by subscribers, having been sent by Tempcover Ltd without valid consent. The ICO has fined them £85,000.