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A company based in India has been ordered to stop sending text messages about PPI and accident compensation to UK consumers. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld complaints about the texts sent by Mumbai-based claims management company, Data Supplier. It said it had not seen any evidence that the recipients had agreed to be included on the company's database. The company failed to respond to the ASA when asked about the cases. Many consumers have expressed their general frustration at receiving unsolicited text messages about payment protection insurance (PPI) mis-selling claims. A huge industry in PPI claims has built up after providers started paying millions of pounds in compensation for policies sold to people who did not want or need them.
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The particular complaint dealt with by the ASA surrounded a text message that said: "We have been trying to contact you regarding your PPI Claim, we now have details of how much you are due, just reply CONFIRM and we will call you back.".....Read more here: PPI texts must stop, says advertising watchdog
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