Enforcement action

GRS (Roadstone) Limited

14 November 2023, Reprimands, General business

The Information Commissioner (the Commissioner) issues a reprimand to GRS (Roadstone) Limited in respect of infringements of Article 32 (1) (b) and Article 32 (1) (d) of the UK GDPR. The organisation did not have appropriate security measures in place, which resulted in an unauthorised Threat Actor being able to exfiltrate the individual personal data of current and former employees.

Argentum Data Solutions Ltd

26 October 2023, Enforcement notices, General business

Between 1 January 2021 and 31 January 2022 there were a total of 2,330,423 SMS sent without consent. 24,309 were sent by ADS directly and it allowed its lines to be used by third parties to send the remaining 2,306,114. These messages were sent in breach of regulation 22 of PECR. ADS came to our attention following a review of complaints received by the 7726 spam reporting tool.

Argentum Data Solutions Ltd

26 October 2023, Monetary penalties, General business

Between 1 January 2021 and 31 January 2022 there were a total of 2,330,423 SMS sent without consent. 24,309 were sent by ADS directly and it allowed its lines to be used by third parties to send the remaining 2,306,114. These messages were sent in breach of regulation 22 of PECR. ADS came to our attention following a review of complaints received by the 7726 spam reporting tool.

Gap Personnel Holdings Limited

19 October 2023, Reprimands, General business

The Information Commissioner (the Commissioner) issues a reprimand to Gap Personnel Holdings Limited in respect of infringements of Article 32 (1), Article 32 (1) (b) and Article 32 (1) (d) of the UK GDPR. The organisation did not have appropriate security measures in place, which resulted in an unauthorised threat actor being able to access individuals personal data twice within a 12-month period.

Recruitment company reprimand

09 August 2023, Reprimands, General business

The Information Commissioner (the Commissioner) issues a reprimand to a recruitment company in respect of infringements of Article 5(1)(f) and 32(1)(b) of the UK GDPR. The organisation misconfigured a storage container, containing 12,000 records and relating to 3,000 workers, to be publicly accessible without any requirement to authenticate.