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By Jo Pedder, Interim Head of Policy Delivery. There’s nothing like a new year to focus the mind on self-improvement. And from a data protection perspective, there’s something about the arrival...

A Bognor Regis firm broke the law because it called people registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS). IT Protect Ltd has been fined £40,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)...

By Andy Curry, Enforcement Group Manager. It’s going to be a tough year for nuisance call crooks thanks to enforcement action by the Information Commissioner’s Office. We’ve already issued more than £1m...

A follow up has been completed to provide an assurance that Cornwall Council has appropriately addressed the actions agreed in its undertaking signed September 2016....

Credit broker Digitonomy Ltd has been fined £120,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office for being responsible for millions of marketing texts sent without proper consent....

A follow up has been completed to provide an assurance that NHS Digital (formerly known as HSCIC) has appropriately addressed the actions agreed in its undertaking signed April 2016....

An ICO investigation found The Data Supply Company had sold more than 580,000 records containing people’s details. This resulted in 21,000 spam texts being sent by the firm who bought...

A newsagent who operates CCTV on business premises, Kavitha Karthikesu has been prosecuted at Coventry Magistrates’ Court. Ms Karthikesu, a sole trader, pleaded guilty to the offence under section 17...

An investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found that a Greater Manchester firm broke the law around how organisations can use people’s details when sending marketing texts. LAD Media,...

Rebecca Gray has been prosecuted at Warrington Magistrates’ Court for the offence of unlawfully obtaining data.  The defendant, who at the time worked at a recruitment agency based in Widnes,...

A Bognor Regis firm broke the law because it called people registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS). IT Protect Ltd has been fined £40,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office...

The ICO has fined Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance PLC £150,000 following the loss of the personal information of nearly 60,000 customers....