Enforcement action

The Lead Experts Limited

13 October 2017, Monetary penalties, Marketing

A Liverpool firm which made more than 100,000 nuisance calls has been fined £70,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office.

The Lead Experts Limited

13 October 2017, Enforcement notices, Marketing

A Liverpool firm which made more than 100,000 nuisance calls has been issued with a legal notice by the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Vanquis Bank Limited

09 October 2017, Enforcement notices, Finance insurance and credit

Vanquis Bank Limited, based in Bradford, instigated a campaign to send 870,849 spam text messages and 620,000 spam emails to promote its credit cards. Both the emails and texts broke the law because…

Vanquis Bank Limited

09 October 2017, Monetary penalties, Finance insurance and credit

Vanquis Bank Limited, based in Bradford, instigated a campaign to send 870,849 spam text messages and 620,000 spam emails to promote its credit cards. Both the emails and texts broke the law because…

Xerpla Limited

09 October 2017, Monetary penalties, Marketing

Xerpla has been fined £50,000 by the ICO. The firm sent nearly 1.26 million spam emails promoting products and services as far ranging as dog food, wine, competitions and boilers on behalf of other…

Dyfed Powys Police

27 September 2017, Undertakings, Criminal justice

An undertaking to comply with the seventh data protection principle has been signed by Dyfed Powys Police.

Nilesh Morar

21 September 2017, Prosecutions, Local government

Nilesh Morar has been prosecuted at Nuneaton Magistrates’ Court for the offence of unlawfully obtaining personal data.

Easyleads Limited

19 September 2017, Enforcement notices, Marketing

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Coventry firm Easyleads Limited £260,000 for making 16.7 million automated marketing calls.

Easyleads Limited

19 September 2017, Monetary penalties, Marketing

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Coventry firm Easyleads Limited £260,000 for making 16.7 million automated marketing calls.

Your Money Rights Limited

14 September 2017, Monetary penalties, Finance insurance and credit

A company behind a record high 146 million illegal calls about PPI has been fined £350,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

Cab Guru Limited

11 September 2017, Monetary penalties, Transport and leisure

The company behind a taxi booking app has been fined £45,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office for breaking the law on sending unsolicited text messages.

True Telecom Limited

11 September 2017, Enforcement notices, Marketing

A Dartford-based telephone services company has been issued with an enforcement notice after making illegal nuisance calls.

True Telecom Limited

11 September 2017, Monetary penalties, Marketing

The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined a Dartford-based telephone services company £85,000 for making illegal nuisance calls.

A former data co-ordinator employed by The University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust has been prosecuted at North Staffordshire Magistrates’ Court. Linda Reeves accessed the sensitive medical records of colleagues as well as people she knew that lived in her locality, without the consent of the data controller. Ms Reeves pleaded guilty to the offence under section 55 of the Data Protection Act and was fined £700, ordered to pay costs of £364.08 and a £70 Victim Surcharge.

Nottinghamshire County Council

31 August 2017, Monetary penalties, Local government

A council has been fined £70,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office for leaving vulnerable people’s personal information exposed online for five years.

Home Logic UK Ltd

18 August 2017, Monetary penalties, Marketing

Domestic energy saving firm Home Logic UK Ltd has been given a £50,000 penalty by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for making marketing calls to people who had made it clear they didn’t…

Kent Police

18 August 2017, Undertakings, Criminal justice

A follow up has been completed to provide an assurance that Kent Police has appropriately addressed the actions agreed in its undertaking signed 8 August 2016.

London Borough of Islington

17 August 2017, Monetary penalties, Local government

Islington Council failed to keep up to 89,000 people’s information secure on its parking ticket system website. That was the conclusion of an Information Commissioner’s Office investigation which has resulted in a £70,000 fine for the London borough.

Brioney Woolfe

11 August 2017, Prosecutions, Health

A former employee of Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, Brioney Woolfe, has been prosecuted at The Colchester Magistrates’ Court. The former Midwifery Assistant pleaded guilty to two offences under section 55 of the Data Protection Act for accessing the sensitive health records of friends and people she knew and disclosing some of the personal information obtained. Ms Woolfe was fined £400, for the offence of obtaining personal data and £650 for disclosing it, order to pay prosecution costs of £600 and a victim surcharge £65.

Cheshire West and Chester Council

10 August 2017, Undertakings, Local government

An Undertaking to comply with the seventh data protection principle has been signed by Cheshire West and Chester Council.

TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC

10 August 2017, Monetary penalties, Online technology and telecoms

The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC £100,000 after it failed to look after its customers’ data and risked it falling into the hands of scammers and fraudsters.

Laura Anderson Limited t/a Virgo Home Improvements

03 August 2017, Enforcement notices, Marketing

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has reminded companies making direct marketing calls that people registered with the Telephone Preference Service are “off limits”. Laura Anderson Ltd (trading as Virgo Home Improvements) broke the law when they called people who were registered with TPS.

Laura Anderson Limited t/a Virgo Home Improvements

03 August 2017, Monetary penalties, Marketing

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has reminded companies making direct marketing calls that people registered with the Telephone Preference Service are “off limits”. Laura Anderson Ltd (trading as Virgo Home Improvements) broke the law when they called people who were registered with TPS.

H.P.A.S. Limited t/a Safestyle UK

03 August 2017, Enforcement notices, Marketing

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has reminded companies making direct marketing calls that people registered with the Telephone Preference Service are “off limits”. HPAS Ltd (trading as Safestyle UK) broke the law when they called people who were registered with TPS.

H.P.A.S. Limited t/a Safestyle UK

03 August 2017, Monetary penalties, Marketing

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has reminded companies making direct marketing calls that people registered with the Telephone Preference Service are “off limits”. HPAS Ltd (trading as Safestyle UK) broke the law when they called people who were registered with TPS.