Greater Manchester claims management company fined £250,000 for making millions of nuisance calls


The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Reliance Advisory Limited (RAL) £250,000 for breaking electronic marketing law.

The ICO found...

Making it Easy Ltd has been fined £160,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for making spam calls to people registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS). The ICO has also issued an enforcement notice to Making it Easy Ltd ordering it to stop its illegal marketing activity....

Bosses of firms which bombard people with nuisance calls could be fined up to £500,000 under government proposals to make them personally liable. A consultation is being launched about the plan - although the idea was first unveiled by government in 2016 and was meant to be in force by spring 2017....

My Dad is 84 and is constantly plagued by scam calls even though I've registered his numbers with the Telephone Preference Service. In fact, when I was at his house the other day he got a call (which I answered) from someone supposedly called Michael but who had a very thick foreign accent. He said...

Government considers giving out free phone call blockers

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on: 27th April 2016 18:44
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Swansea branded Britain's cold call capital - Falcon and Pointer and Direct Choice Home Improvements

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on: 24th March 2016 14:56
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PPI firm that made 40 million nuisance calls is suspended - Falcon and Pointer

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on: 13th January 2016 15:52
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Text plan to tackle nuisance calls on mobile phones

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on: 8th December 2015 08:08
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National Advice Clinic - Record Fine For Firm's Millions Of Cold Calls

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on: 3rd December 2015 12:13
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Lead generator fined after offering to write off personal debts - Oxygen Ltd

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on: 10th November 2015 17:54
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Hey guys,

I feel really bad about having a problem with this and I don't know why? Everyone has a right to do what they want, however, as a non smoking family we've moved into our new house not knowing that our next door neighbour smokes weed multiple times a day, outside. Now normally...

Record fine for nuisance calls firm - Homebased Energy & Lifestyle Management Ltd

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on: 30th September 2015 10:18
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Nuisance call claim firm is fined

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 6th August 2015 18:07.

*A claims company has become the first to be fined under new powers after making millions of "nuisance calls", the government has announced. * The...
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Can some one help, this is quite complicated. We moved into a rented house as we are trying to build our own place.

We paid a deposit of £1162 when we moved in, £150 was for having dogs, we had a signed form from the agents allowing us to have dogs. 7 months down the line the landlord...

Nuisance calls: 'There's a dirty trade in people's personal information

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 9th June 2015 12:54.

People who get fed up by cold callers and nuisance text messages are being urged to register their complaints officially. According to...