#DataRegulator

ICO fines spam slinging financial services biz

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January 22, 2024 at 06:09AM LADH Limited, a financial services company, was fined £50,000 by the UK’s data regulator for illegally sending over 31,000 spam text messages without consent. The company failed to offer recipients the chance to opt out, and claimed to have received consent from a third party without written confirmation. The ICO … Read more

UK data watchdog fines three text spammers for flouting electronic marketing rules

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November 3, 2023 at 07:24AM Digivo Media Ltd, trading as Rid My Debt, has been fined £50,000 ($61,110) by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for sending 415,000 unsolicited text messages to individuals who had registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS). Similar fines were issued to MCP Online (£55,000) and Argentum Data Solutions (£65,000) for … Read more