Amex fined for sending four million unlawful emails
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined American Express Services Europe Limited (Amex) £90,000 for sending more than four million marketing emails to customers who did not want to receive…
Read More »ICO and CMA set out blueprint for cooperation in digital markets
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) have published a joint statement, setting out their shared views on the relationship between competition and data protection…
Read More »ICO and Office of the Privacy Commissioner, New Zealand, sign Memorandum of Understanding
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the New Zealand Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
Read More »ICO fines firms for sending more than 2.7 million spam text messages during the pandemic
Two separate companies that sent nuisance text messages during the Covid-19 pandemic have been fined a total of £330,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
Read More »ICO urges businesses to act now as Children’s Code comes into force in six months
Initial findings from industry research set up by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) shows that three quarters of businesses surveyed are aware of the Children’s Code.
Read More »Update to the joint statement on global privacy expectations of video teleconferencing companies
On 21 July 2020 the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and five other data protection and privacy regulators from around the world jointly signed an open letter to companies providing video…
Read More »ICO launches data analytics toolkit
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is urging all organisations considering using data analytics on personal data to look at its new toolkit.
Read More »Motor industry employee sentenced in ICO Computer Misuse Act prosecution
A motor industry employee has been sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, in a prosecution brought by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
Read More »ICO issues fines totalling £270,000 to firms making nuisance calls
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued fines totalling £270,000 to two separate companies for making unlawful marketing calls to numbers registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS).
Read More »Fines totalling £480,000 issued to companies making nuisance calls
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued fines totalling £480,000 to four separate companies for making unlawful calls to numbers registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS).
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