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5corpio started a blog post ICO fines home security company for making thousands of nuisance calls (Smart Home Protection)in 5corpioICO fines home security company for making thousands of nuisance calls (Smart Home Protection)
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Smart Home Protection Ltd £90,000 for making nuisance calls to people registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS). The Staffordshire company was behind 118,000 unlawful marketing calls made between January 2017 and September 2018 to... -
Nuisance call bosses face £500,000 fines
Directors of firms that cold-call consumers can now be fined up to £500,000 under new rules that have come into force. A ban on unsolicited phone calls came into effect in September this year. But some directors whose firms were shut down were able to evade fines by declaring bankruptcy - and then... -
5corpio started a blog post Calling people registered with the TPS costs telephone services company £85,000in 5corpioCalling people registered with the TPS costs telephone services company £85,000
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined a Dartford-based telephone services company £85,000 for making illegal nuisance calls. For over two years, True Telecom Ltd called people who were registered on the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) and people who had specifically asked the firm... -
The elderly and scams
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
Government considers giving out free phone call blockers
This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on: 27th April 2016 18:44
........to stop those awful PPI spam calls...
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Swansea branded Britain's cold call capital - Falcon and Pointer and Direct Choice Home Improvements
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
......after two more firms are fined for pestering households with nuisance calls...
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PPI firm that made 40 million nuisance calls is suspended - Falcon and Pointer
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
A company that made 40 million calls about PPI in just three months has had its licence suspended....
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Text plan to tackle nuisance calls on mobile phones
Text plan to tackle nuisance calls on mobile phones
This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on: 8th December 2015 08:08
Mobile phone users will be able to send a text to opt out of receiving marketing calls, under regulators' plans....
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Lead generator fined after offering to write off personal debts - Oxygen Ltd
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
A lead generation firm that made more than a million unsolicited calls offering to write off people’s debts has been fined £120,000.... -
Record fine for nuisance calls firm - Homebased Energy & Lifestyle Management Ltd
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
A firm has been handed a record fine for nuisance calls after making more than six million automated calls in a solar panel... -
Nuisance call claim firm is fined
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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Nuisance calls: 'There's a dirty trade in people's personal information
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... -
Direct Assit Ltd Nuisance calls ICO
Direct Assit Ltd Nuisance calls ICO
This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 15th May 2015 21:04.
A personal injuries claims management company Direct Assist Ltd has been issued with a monetary penalty by the ICO for making direct marketing calls...
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Directors targeted for nuisance calls and texts
Directors targeted for nuisance calls and texts
This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 3rd March 2015 13:02.
Directors of firms that plague consumers with nuisance calls and texts are almost certain to be held personally liable in future, under plans to...
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Privacy regulator’s warning over accident claim calls
Privacy regulator’s warning over accident claim calls
This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 31st December 2014 19:23.
More complaints are made about nuisance calls on accident claims than any other subject, despite a ban on the sale of driver details, a regulator......