Action we've taken Enforcement action 98 in total British Telecommunications plc 20 June 2018, Monetary penalties, Online technology and telecoms British Telecommunications plc (BT) has been fined £77,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office after it sent nearly five million nuisance emails to customers. Gloucestershire Police 11 June 2018, Monetary penalties, Criminal justice Gloucestershire Police fined for revealing identities of abuse victims in bulk email. The British & Foreign Bible Society c/o the Bible Society 07 June 2018, Monetary penalties The British and Foreign Bible Society, based in Swindon, has been fined £100,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office, after their computer network was compromised as the result of a… Bayswater Medical Centre 23 May 2018, Monetary penalties, Health Bayswater Medical Centre in London has been fined £35,000 by the ICO after it left highly sensitive medical information in an empty building. The University of Greenwich 21 May 2018, Monetary penalties, Education and childcare The University of Greenwich has been fined £120,000 by the Information Commissioner following a “serious” security breach involving the personal data of nearly 20,000 people. Yahoo! UK Services Ltd 21 May 2018, Monetary penalties, Online technology and telecoms Yahoo! UK Services Limited, based in London, has been fined £250,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office after their computer network was compromised as the result of a cyber-attack in November 2014. Crown Prosecution Service 16 May 2018, Monetary penalties, Criminal justice The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has been fined £325,000 by the ICO after they lost unencrypted DVDs containing recordings of police interviews. Costelloe & Kelly Ltd 01 May 2018, Monetary penalties, Marketing Costelloe & Kelly Ltd undertook a direct text marketing campaign without a valid consent to individuals in contravention of Regulation 22 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003. IAG Nationwide Ltd 01 May 2018, Monetary penalties, Marketing Unsolicited calls for direct marketing purposes to subscribers who had registered with the Telephone Preference Service in contravention of Regulations 21 and 24 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003. Mr Alex Goldthorpe t/a Approved Green Energy Solutions 18 April 2018, Monetary penalties, Land or property services Unsolicited calls for direct marketing purposes to subscribers who had registered with the Telephone Preference Service in c ontravention of Regulation 21 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003. The Energy Saving Centre Ltd 18 April 2018, Monetary penalties, Land or property services Unsolicited calls for direct marketing purposes to subscribers who had registered with the Telephone Preference Service in c ontravention of Regulation 21 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 16 April 2018, Monetary penalties, Local government The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has been fined £120,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after it unlawfully identified 943 people who owned vacant properties in the… Royal Mail Group Limited 06 April 2018, Monetary penalties, General business Royal Mail Group Limited has been fined £12,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office after sending more than 300,000 nuisance emails. On two dates in July 2017, the company sent emails to 327,014 people who had already opted out of receiving direct marketing. Humberside Police 05 April 2018, Monetary penalties, Criminal justice Humberside Police has been fined £130,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office after disks containing a video interview of an alleged rape victim went missing. Holmes Financial Solutions Ltd 31 January 2018, Monetary penalties, Finance insurance and credit Holmes Financial Solutions Ltd fined £300,000 after they instigated the transmission of automated marketing calls to individuals without their prior consent. SSE Energy Supply Ltd 18 January 2018, Monetary penalties, Utilities SSE Energy Supply Ltd fined £1,000 after they sent an email to an individual in error. Miss-sold Products UK Ltd 17 January 2018, Monetary penalties, Finance insurance and credit Miss-sold Products UK Ltd fined £350,000 after they failed to ensure that marketing calls were only made to individuals who had consented to receive marketing. Goody Market UK Ltd 11 January 2018, Monetary penalties, Marketing Goody Market UK Ltd fined £40,000 after they failed to ensure that texts were sent to individuals who had consented to receive marketing.. Barrington Claims Ltd 11 January 2018, Monetary penalties, Marketing Barrington Claims Ltd fined £250,000 after they failed to ensure automated marketing calls were sent to individuals who had consented to receive marketing. TFLI Ltd 11 January 2018, Monetary penalties, Marketing TFLI Ltd fined £80,000 after they failed to ensure automated text messages were sent to individuals who had consented to receive marketing. Newday Limited 11 January 2018, Monetary penalties, Finance insurance and credit London-based Newday Limited fined £230,000 for over 44 million spam emails. The Carphone Warehouse Ltd 10 January 2018, Monetary penalties, Online technology and telecoms Carphone Warehouse fined £400,000 after serious failures placed customer and employee data at risk. Hamilton Digital Solutions Ltd 24 November 2017, Monetary penalties, Online technology and telecoms A London firm behind over 156,000 spam texts has been fined £45,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office. Verso Group (UK) Limited 01 November 2017, Monetary penalties, Marketing Data broking company Verso Group (UK) Limited has been fined £80,000 by the ICO. The company had failed to comply with data protection law because it was not clear with people about what it was doing with their personal information. 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. Loading results More