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698 fines found
Total: $7.9B
| Date | Company | Fine | Regulation | Authority | Country | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-12 | Avalon Direct Ltd | £80K | PECR | UK ICO | United Kingdom | marketing | Avalon Direct Ltd made almost 52,000 calls to people who were registered with th...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. |
| 2016-05-06 | Quigley & Carter Limited | £80K | PECR | UK ICO | United Kingdom | marketing | Unsolicited text messages being sent by a claims management company offering ser...Unsolicited text messages being sent by a claims management company offering services in respect of mis-sold packaged bank accounts via its website |
| 2019-01-31 | Alistar Green Legal Services Limited | £80K | PECR | UK ICO | United Kingdom | marketing | Company made nuisance calls to TPS subscribers. |
| 2018-10-31 | Secure Home Systems | £80K | PECR | UK ICO | United Kingdom | marketing | Company fined £80,000 for making calls to numbers registered with the TPS. |
| 2016-03-14 | Chief Constable of Kent Police | £80K | UK GDPR / DPA 2018 | UK ICO | United Kingdom | other | Sensitive personal details of a woman who accused her partner of domestic abuse ...Sensitive personal details of a woman who accused her partner of domestic abuse were passed to the suspect. |
| 2018-06-11 | Gloucestershire Police | £80K | UK GDPR / DPA 2018 | UK ICO | United Kingdom | other | Gloucestershire Police fined for revealing identities of abuse victims in bulk e...Gloucestershire Police fined for revealing identities of abuse victims in bulk email. |
| 2016-02-15 | MyIML Ltd | £80K | PECR | UK ICO | United Kingdom | marketing | Cold calls being made to those who were registered with the TPS to try and sell ...Cold calls being made to those who were registered with the TPS to try and sell solar panels and other green energy saving equipment. |
| 2015-11-19 | Telecom Protection Service Ltd | £80K | PECR | UK ICO | United Kingdom | marketing | Marketing call blocking devices and services to stop unsolicited calls |
| 2018-01-08 | TFLI Ltd | £80K | PECR | UK ICO | United Kingdom | marketing | TFLI Ltd fined £80,000 after they failed to ensure automated text messages were ...TFLI Ltd fined £80,000 after they failed to ensure automated text messages were sent to individuals who had consented to receive marketing. |
| 2015-11-14 | UKMS Money Solutions Ltd | £80K | PECR | UK ICO | United Kingdom | marketing | A PPI claims company who sent more than 1.3 million spam texts |
| 2017-10-17 | Verso Group (UK) Limited | £80K | PECR | UK ICO | United Kingdom | marketing | The company had failed to comply with data protection law because it was not cle...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. |
| 2017-07-31 | Laura Anderson Limited t/a Virgo Home Improvements | £80K | PECR | UK ICO | United Kingdom | marketing | Company made unsolicited direct marketing calls without the consent of the ...Company made unsolicited direct marketing calls without the consent of the recipients. |
| 2017-07-17 | Moneysupermarket.com Ltd | £80K | PECR | UK ICO | United Kingdom | marketing | The company instigated the sending of direct marketing messages to individual su...The company instigated the sending of direct marketing messages to individual subscribers without the recipients' consent. |
| 2017-07-11 | Provident Personal Credit Limited | £80K | PECR | UK ICO | United Kingdom | marketing | The company instigated the sending of direct marketing messages to individual su...The company instigated the sending of direct marketing messages to individual subscribers without the recipients' consent |
| 2015-03-26 | Direct Assist Ltd | £80K | PECR | UK ICO | United Kingdom | marketing | Making direct marketing calls to people without their consent |
| 2017-03-27 | Xternal Property Renovations | £80K | PECR | UK ICO | United Kingdom | marketing | Nuisance calls |
| 2021-05-17 | American Express Services Europe Limited | £90K | PECR | UK ICO | United Kingdom | marketing | Between a 12-month period from 1 June 2018 to 31 May 2019, a confirmed total of ...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. |
| 2023-05-09 | UK Direct Business Solutions Limited | £100K | PECR | UK ICO | United Kingdom | marketing | UK Direct Business Solutions Limited made 410,369 unsolicited marketing calls to...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. |
| 2021-01-25 | Solar Style Solutions Limited | £90K | PECR | UK ICO | United Kingdom | marketing | Over a four month period SSSL made 188,665 calls of which 126,019 were to TPS re...Over a four month period SSSL made 188,665 calls of which 126,019 were to TPS registered users and generated 29 complaints. |
| 2020-08-12 | Koypo Laboratories Ltd | £100K | PECR | UK ICO | United Kingdom | marketing | Organisation is responsible for instigating the transmission of 21,166,574 unsol...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. |
| 2018-06-18 | British Telecommunications Ltd | £77K | PECR | UK ICO | United Kingdom | marketing | British Telecommunications plc (BT) has been fined £77,000 by the Information Co...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. |
| 2014-09-29 | EMC Advisory Services Limited | £70K | PECR | UK ICO | United Kingdom | marketing | Making unsolicited marketing calls to individuals registered with the TPS |
| 2025-09-18 | SOCIETE EXPLOITANT UN GRAND MAGASIN | €100K | GDPR | France CNIL | France | other | Obligation de traiter les données de façon licite et principe de responsabilité ...Obligation de traiter les données de façon licite et principe de responsabilité (vidéosurveillance); Minimisation des données (vidéosurveillance); Obligation de notifier une violation de données à l'autorité de contrôle; Obligation d'associer le délégué à la protection des données aux questions relatives à la protection des données |
| 2017-09-06 | Vanquis Bank Ltd | £75K | PECR | UK ICO | United Kingdom | marketing | Vanquis Bank Ltd made unsolicited communications by means of electronic mail (SM...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. |
| 2015-09-14 | Cold Call Elimination Limited | £75K | PECR | UK ICO | United Kingdom | marketing | Making unsolicited marketing calls to individuals registered with the TPS |