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.
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 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.
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.
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
Five firms fined total of £425k for illegally targeting over 60s with marketing calls
Five companies have been fined a total of £435,000 for illegally targeting over 60s with up to half a million ‘unlawful’ marketing calls.
Halfords hit with £30k fine for sending 500,000 unwanted marketing emails
Bike retailer Halfords has been fined £30,000 after an investigation found it had sent around 50,000 unwanted marketing emails.