Action we've taken Enforcement action 39 in total Vote Leave Limited 19 March 2019, Monetary penalties, Political The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Vote Leave Limited £40,000 for sending out thousands of unsolicited text messages in the run up to the 2016 EU referendum. Leave.EU Group Limited (Incident 2) 01 February 2019, Monetary penalties, Marketing Leave.EU Group Limited has been fined £15,000 for sending almost 300,000 unsolicited communications on a single day for which they did not have consent. Leave.EU Group Limited (Incident 1) 01 February 2019, Monetary penalties, Marketing Leave.EU Group Limited has been fined £45,000 for sending unsolicited direct marketing emails without the required consent. Eldon Insurance Services Limited (trading as GoSkippy Insurance) 01 February 2019, Monetary penalties, Finance insurance and credit Eldon Insurance Services Limited (trading as GoSkippy Insurance) has been fined £60,000 for instigating the sending of unsolicited direct marketing emails without the required consent. Alistar Green Legal Services Limited 31 January 2019, Monetary penalties, Marketing Alistar Green Legal Services Limited based in Liverpool has been fined £80,000 for making 213 nuisance calls to TPS subscribers between March and July 2017. Tax Returned Limited 13 December 2018, Monetary penalties, Marketing Tax Returned Limited based in London has been fined £200,000 for sending out 14.8 million marketing text messages without valid consent through a third party service provider between July 2016 and October 2017. Finance sector - organisations fined for non-payment of data protection fee 28 November 2018, Monetary penalties, Finance insurance and credit Organisations across the finance sector are among the first to be fined by the ICO for not paying the data protection fee. Manufacturing sector - organisations fined for non-payment of data protection fee 28 November 2018, Monetary penalties, Retail and manufacture Organisations across the manufacturing sector are among the first to be fined by the ICO for not paying the data protection fee. Business sector - organisations fined for non-payment of data protection fee 28 November 2018, Monetary penalties, General business Organisations across the business sector are among the first to be fined by the ICO for not paying the data protection fee. Uber 26 November 2018, Monetary penalties, Transport and leisure The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined ride sharing company Uber £385,000 for failing to protect customers’ personal information during a cyber attack. DM Design Bedrooms Ltd 23 November 2018, Monetary penalties, Marketing DM Design Bedrooms Ltd based in Cumbernauld, Glasgow has been fined £160,000 for making more than 1.6 million nuisance calls to TPS subscribers between April and November 2017. Solartech North East Ltd 23 November 2018, Monetary penalties, Marketing Solartech North East Ltd based in Middlesbrough have been fined £90,000 for making 74,902 calls to numbers registered with the TPS between May and June 2017. Secure Home Systems Ltd 31 October 2018, Monetary penalties, General business Secure Home Systems (SHS) of Bilston, West Midlands, has been fined £80,000 for making calls to 84,347 numbers registered with the TPS between September and December 2017, using call lists bought from third parties without screening them. ACT Response Limited 30 October 2018, Monetary penalties, General business ACT Response Ltd of Middlesbrough was behind 496,455 live marketing calls to TPS subscribers and has been fined £140,000. Facebook Ireland Ltd 24 October 2018, Monetary penalties The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Facebook £500,000 for serious breaches of data protection law. Boost Finance Limited 09 October 2018, Monetary penalties The Information Commissioner has fined London-based marketing company, Boost Finance Ltd (BFL), a company responsible for millions of nuisance emails about pre-paid funeral plans. Heathrow Airport 08 October 2018, Monetary penalties, Transport and leisure Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) has been fined £120,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for failing to ensure that the personal data held on its network was properly secured. Oaklands Assist UK Limited 01 October 2018, Monetary penalties, Marketing A Manchester firm has been fined £150,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for making thousands of nuisance direct marketing phone calls. Bupa Insurance Services Ltd 28 September 2018, Monetary penalties, Health Bupa Insurance Services Limited (Bupa) has been fined £175,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for failing to have effective security measures in place to protect customers’ personal information. Equifax Ltd 20 September 2018, Monetary penalties, Finance insurance and credit The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued Equifax Ltd with a £500,000 fine for failing to protect the personal information of up to 15 million UK citizens during a cyber attack in 2017. … Everything DM Ltd 05 September 2018, Monetary penalties, Marketing Everything DM Ltd (EDML), based in Stevenage, was fined £60,000 for sending 1.42 million emails without consent. Between May 2016 and May 2017, the firm used its direct marketing system called… Lifecycle Marketing (Mother and Baby) Ltd 09 August 2018, Monetary penalties, Marketing The ICO has fined Lifecycle Marketing (Mother and Baby) Ltd, also known as Emma’s Diary, £140,000 for illegally collecting and selling personal information belonging to more than one million people.… AMS Marketing Ltd 01 August 2018, Monetary penalties, Marketing The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined AMS Marketing Ltd £100,000 for making 75,649 nuisance calls. Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse 18 July 2018, Monetary penalties, Central government Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) fined £200,000 for revealing identities of abuse victims in mass email. Our Vault Ltd 28 June 2018, Monetary penalties, Finance insurance and credit Our Vault was fined £70,000 for making 55,534 unsolicited marketing calls to people who had registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) and had not consented to being contacted by the company. Loading results More