Search Privacy Fines

Between 1 September 2019 and 30 November 2020, Ryan Hill Partners sent 463,360 SMS messages, of which 409,468 were delivered, which were unsolicited direct marketing messages sent to subscribers who had not consented to receiving them, contrary to regulation 22 of PECR.

Growth Experts Limited fined £60,000 for sending thousands of nuisance marketing texts at the height of the pandemic.

Date of Decisions: 18 August 2020 & 29 September 2020 The DPC commenced inquiry IN-19-9-1 in respect of one personal data breach notified by the HSE to the DPC. The personal data breach…

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

Hamilton Digital Solutions Ltd instigated the transmission of unsolicited communications by means of electronic mail to individual subscribers for the purposes of direct marketing without prior consent.

Cab Guru Limited made unsolicited direct marketing text messages without consent from SMS recipients directly.

Between 1 January 2022 and 28 September 2022 there were 20,939 calls made to CTPS or TPS registered numbers – breach of Reg 21 and 24 of PECR. MCP came to the ICO’s attention following a review of complaints made to the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) in November 2021 as part of Operation Torc, which has been set up to investigate unsolicited pensions calls.

House Hold Appliances 247 Ltd made 19,069 marketing calls to individuals in breach of regulation 21 of PECR. The company was fined £55,000 and issued with an enforcement notice.

This inquiry was commenced in respect of a personal data breach that the Teaching Council (the Council) notified to the DPC on 9 March 2020. The Council is the professional standards body…

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Muscle Foods Limited fined £50 000 for sending approximately 135,651,627 marketing emails and 6,354,426 marketing SMS messages to individuals without their consent, over a period of seven months.

Between 12 March 2020 and 8 September 2020, a total of 752,425 unsolicited direct marketing messages were received by subscribers, having been sent by The Money Hive Limited without valid consent

On or around 4 August 2020 there were 451,217 direct marketing emails containing the Marketing Preference Reminder received by subscribers

Unlawful disclosure of postal addresses of the 2020 New Year Honours recipients list

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined OSL Financial Consultancy Limited (OSL) £50,000 for illegally sending 174,342 nuisance marketing texts

L.A.D.H Limited sent 31,329 direct market text messages to individuals in breach of regulation 22 and 23 of PECR. The company was fined £50,000 and issued with an enforcement notice.

Organisation responsible for the sending of 1,942,010 direct marketing emails without the necessary consent between 31 October 2016 and 31 October 2017.

The company instigated the transmission of unsolicited direct marketing communications without the consent of the recipients

The marketing company instigated the sending of unsolicited direct marketing texts, via a third party, without the recipients consent.

Unsolicited text messages being sent by debt management company offering its services

Goody Market UK Ltd fined £40,000 after they failed to ensure that texts were sent to individuals who had consented to receive marketing.

Organisation engaged in the sending of unsolicited direct marketing text messages without the required consent.