Search Privacy Fines

This Decision arises from an own-volition inquiry into the University of Limerick (‘UL’) following a series of personal data breaches that occurred between November 2018 and January 2020…

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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.

It was found that between January and September 2023, AFK made 95,277 spam calls resulting in several complaints being made to the ICO and TPS. AFK did not provide evidence that anyone whose number had been called had consented to receiving calls from the company. The ICO has issued a £90,000 fine.

Sending of unsolicited marketing text messages by disguising the identity of the person on whose behalf the messages were sent

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Price comparison and technology company fined £90,000 for a contravention of Regulation 22 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.

This inquiry was commenced in respect of a personal data breach that the Irish Credit Bureau (‘ICB’) notified to the DPC on 31 August 2018. The ICB is a credit reference agency that…

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Between 15 June 2020 and 20 July 2020 a total of 95,004 connected unsolicited direct marketing messages were received by subscribers, resulting in 114 complaints.

A company that sent out 2.2 million illegal marketing text messages has been fined £70,000 and ordered to stop by the ICO.

Our Vault was fined £70,000 for making 55,534 unsolicited marketing calls to people who had registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) and had not consented to being contacted by the company.

40,000 automated calls made in one day in an attempt to sell burglar alarms, almost a quarter of which were made between 1am and 6am.

The Lead Experts Limited instigated the transmission of automated marketing calls to subscribers without prior consent.

North London council fined after parking ticket system flaw leaves personal information at risk

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

Information about service users published online by the council when seeking companies to apply for care contracts. The service users were identifiable by their address.

An investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office found Exeter-based airline Flybe deliberately sent more than 3.3 million emails to people who had told them they didn’t want to receive marketing emails from the firm.

Between 20 January 2020 and 27 July 2020, H&L Business Consulting Limited instigated the sending of 451,705 unsolicited SMS messages for direct marketing purposes in contravention to regulation 22 of PECR.