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 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.
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.
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.