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Paul Kunert Mon 15 Feb 2021 // 15:32 UTC Share
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Another month and two more British companies behind nuisance marketing calls are collectively facing a £270,000 penalty for breaking the law by calling people registered by the Telephone Preference Service (TPS).
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Reg readers know only too well, it is illegal to make unsolicited phone calls to anyone signed up to TPS for 28 days or more. Just last month UK data watchdog the Information Commissioner s Office (ICO) issued the same financial slap against four companies found to be flouting regulations.
The latest offenders successfully dialled up hundreds of thousands of TPS users over a months-long period that led to numerous complaints to the ICO and TPS. The pair contravened regulation 21 of the Privacy and Electronics Communication Regulations (PECR) 2003.
House Guard, of Westover Road, Bournemouth, said it will appeal the £150,000 fine it has been issued A BOURNEMOUTH company has been issued with a £150,000 fine after making hundreds of thousands of unlawful nuisance marketing calls. An investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found House Guard UK Limited, which provides masonry protection solutions, made 699,966 nuisance calls between May and December 2018. More than half – 371,958 – were made to numbers registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS). It is against the law to make marketing calls to numbers that have been registered with the TPS for more than 28 days, unless people have provided consent.
House Guard, of Westover Road, Bournemouth, said it will appeal the £150,000 fine it has been issued A DORSET company has been issued with a £150,000 fine after making hundreds of thousands of unlawful nuisance marketing calls. An investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found House Guard UK Limited, which provides masonry protection solutions, made 699,966 nuisance calls between May and December 2018. More than half – 371,958 – were made to numbers registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS). It is against the law to make marketing calls to numbers that have been registered with the TPS for more than 28 days, unless people have provided consent.
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Fines totalling £270,000 have been imposed on two separate companies for making unlawful marketing calls to numbers registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS).