Action we've taken Enforcement action 95 in total 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, Monetary penalties, Marketing The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined a Dartford-based telephone services company £85,000 for making illegal nuisance calls. 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… 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. 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, 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, 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. Moneysupermarket.com Ltd 20 July 2017, Monetary penalties, Marketing Price comparison website Moneysupermarket.com Ltd has been fined £80,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office for sending millions of emails to customers who had made it clear they didn’t want to be contacted in that way. Provident Personal Credit Limited 17 July 2017, Monetary penalties, Marketing A credit company responsible for sending nearly one million nuisance texts in six months has been fined £80,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office. Boomerang Video Ltd 27 June 2017, Monetary penalties The ICO has issued a £60,000 fine to Boomerang Video Ltd after it suffered a cyber attack. MyHome Installations Limited 22 June 2017, Monetary penalties The ICO has issued a £50,000 fine to MyHome Installations Ltd for pursuing people who had specifically opted out of telephone marketing. WM Morrison Supermarkets Plc 16 June 2017, Monetary penalties, Retail and manufacture A national supermarket chain has been fined for breaking the law on how people’s personal information should be treated when sending marketing emails. Gloucester City Council 12 June 2017, Monetary penalties, Local government The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined Gloucester City Council £100,000 after a cyber attacker accessed council employees’ sensitive personal information. Basildon Borough Council 31 May 2017, Monetary penalties, Local government A council has been fined £150,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office for publishing sensitive personal information about a family. Concept Car Credit Limited 17 May 2017, Monetary penalties, Marketing A Greater Manchester used-car dealer that sent hundreds of thousands of spam texts has been fined £40,000. Brighter Home Solutions Limited 17 May 2017, Monetary penalties, Retail and manufacture A double-glazing company has been fined £50,000 for making nuisance calls to people who had specifically stated they didn’t want to be contacted. Onecom Limited 16 May 2017, Monetary penalties, Marketing A Fareham firm has been hit with a £100,000 fine from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for sending millions of spam texts about mobile phone upgrades. Keurboom Communications Ltd 10 May 2017, Monetary penalties, Marketing A company behind 99.5million nuisance calls has been fined a record £400,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office. Greater Manchester Police 04 May 2017, Monetary penalties, Criminal justice Greater Manchester Police has been fined £150,000 after three DVDs containing footage of interviews with victims of violent or sexual crimes got lost in the post. Construction Materials Online Ltd 02 May 2017, Monetary penalties, Retail and manufacture An online building products supplier has been fined £55,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office after the firm failed to protect its customers’ personal information. Monevo Limited 19 April 2017, Monetary penalties, Finance insurance and credit A finance brokerage firm responsible for sending thousands of spam text messages has been fined £40,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office. Monevo Limited, based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, sent 44,172 unsolicited marketing texts promoting loans in three months. Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity 05 April 2017, Monetary penalties, Charitable and voluntary Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity was fined £11,000 for failing to follow data protection rules. Loading results More