#MarketingCompliance

Spam crusade lands charity in hot water with data watchdog

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March 5, 2024 at 04:35AM Penny Appeal, a charity providing aid to crisis-hit countries, has been ordered by the Information Commissioner’s Office to cease sending unsolicited texts after dispatching over 460,000 messages to 52,000 people without consent. Despite prior warnings, the charity was found to still be sending illegal marketing texts, prompting the ICO to … Read more

Data regulator fines HelloFresh £140k for sending 80M+ spams

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January 12, 2024 at 06:32AM HelloFresh faces a £140,000 fine from Britain’s data privacy watchdog for sending 79 million spam emails and 1 million texts in seven months. The company misled customers about opt-in statements for marketing messages, failing to provide clear information or an easy opt-out process. The ICO issued the fine for breaching … Read more