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ICO issues close to £200k in fines for ‘illegal’ direct marketing
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined three companies offering financial services a total of £170,000 for illegal direct marketing.
Data regulator to investigate Sky Bet’s ad tracking amid allegations of data abuse
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has announced that it will be investigating tracking technology used by gambling firm Sky Bet.
Charity slammed by ICO after sending close to 500k unsolicited texts in ten days
Penny Appeal has landed itself in hot water with the ICO after it was found to have sent more than 460,000 spam marketing texts to 52,000 people.
ICO warns top UK websites to ensure cookie compliance or face action
Over half of the biggest UK websites have been told by the Information Commission Office (ICO) that they need to ensure advertising cookie compliance, or face action.
HelloFresh fined £140,000 after sending out 80m spam emails
HelloFresh has been fined by the ICO after it sent a staggering 79 million emails and 1 million texts during a seven-month spam campaign.
ICO fines five rogue firms for making 2m nuisance marketing calls to vulnerable people
The ICO has fined five businesses a combined £590,000 for making 1.9 million nuisance marketing calls to elderly and vulnerable people.
Meta to seek user permission before showing targeted ads after EU crackdown
Meta will now need to ask permission from its EU users before showing them targeted advertising after a series of regulatory rulings.
The ICO sheds light on its tireless fight against cold callers and email scammers
The ICO has shed some light on how it works to fight against unlawful marketing calls and messages in a new blog post by its head of investigations
TikTok fined £12.7 million for misusing children’s data
TikTok has been fined £12.7 million for a number of breaches of data protection law, including failing to protect children’s personal data, according to the UK’s data watchdog.