ICO warns charities about direct marketing rules as it orders Penny Appeal to stop sending spam texts
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has ordered a charity to stop sending unsolicited marketing texts to people without their consent, as it reminds all charities of their legal obligations.
Read More »ICO fines financial services company £50k for spam text messages
Financial services company LADH Limited has been fined £50,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for sending tens of thousands of spam text messages, in breach of Privacy and Electronic…
Read More »ICO fines HelloFresh £140,000 for spam texts and emails
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined food delivery company HelloFresh £140,000 for a campaign of 79 million spam emails and 1 million spam texts over a seven-month period.
Read More »Transaction spam attack: Next Steps
Today the network was attacked by a transaction spam attack that repeatedly called the EXTCODESIZE opcode (see trace sample here), thereby creating blocks that take up to 20-60 seconds to…
Read More »Halfords fined for sending nearly 500,000 unwanted marketing emails
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Halfords Limited £30,000 for sending 498,179 unsolicited marketing emails to people without their consent.
Read More »ICO fines company for sending thousands of spam text messages during the pandemic
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined H&L Business Consulting Ltd £80,000 for sending hundreds of thousands of text messages to people who had not consented to receive them.
Read More »Is Moonpad the Most Fair IDO Platform in the Crypto Space?
MoonPad aims to address the current problems plaguing DeFi – making it a safer endeavor for investors to engage in. The problem we are facing is not just rugg pulls,…
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 takes action against company for sending spam emails selling face masks during pandemic
A company that sent spam emails selling face masks during the pandemic has been fined £40,000 by the ICO and issued with an enforcement notice.
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