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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined a home improvement firm £200,000 for making more than half a million unsolicited marketing calls.

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Between 1 February 2021 to 31 July 2021, Apex Assure Limited used a public telecommunications service for the purposes of making 122 unsolicited calls for direct marketing purposes to subscribers where the number allocated to the subscriber in respect of the called line was a number listed on the register of numbers kept by the Commissioner in accordance with regulation 26, contrary to regulation 21(1)(b) of PECR. This resulted in 122 complaints being made to the TPS and the Commissioner.

F12 Management Ltd made 1,346,019 marketing calls to individuals in breach of regulation 21 of PECR. The company was fined £200,000 and issued with an enforcement notice.

Cover Appliance Ltd made 511,499 marketing calls to individuals in breach of regulation 21 of PECR. The company was fined £200,000 and issued with an enforcement notice.

Making it Easy Ltd has been fined £160,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for making spam calls to people registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS).

Repair & Assure Ltd were responsible for making 1,103,292 nuisance calls between 2 January and 11 June 2019. The ICO and TPS received 88 complaints about the calls, which all related to washing machine warranties.

Between 1 July 2019 and 1 June 2020, It’s OK Limited engaged in the transmission of 1,752,149 unsolicited calls for direct marketing purposes to subscribers who had been registered with the TPS for not less than 28 days, and who had not notified It's OK Limited that they did not object to receiving such calls, contrary to regulation 21 of PECR.

Between 29 October 2018 and 29 October 2019, Yes Consumer Solutions Ltd used a public telecommunications service for the purpose of making 188,493 unsolicited calls for direct marketing purposes. This resulted in 12 complaints to the Commissioner

Colour Car Sales Ltd (CCSL) of Stoke-on-Trent, is a credit intermediary for used car finance. They have been fined £170,000 for sending spam text messages directing people to a number of car finance websites. The company was also issued with enforcement notices ordering it to stop marketing until consent had been obtained.

An email, containing information that could be used to identify eight sex offenders, was sent to a member of the public in error.

The council published personal information about a family in planning application documents which it made publicly available online.

Greater Manchester Police has been fined £150,000 after three DVDs containing footage of interviews with victims of violent or sexual crimes got lost in the post.

Unsolicited calls for direct marketing purposes to subscribers who had registered with the Telephone Preference Service in contravention of Regulation 21 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.