Action we've taken/ Enforcement Enforcement action 39 in total Reed Online Limited 22 April 2022, Monetary penalties, General business Reed Online Limited fined £40,000 for breaching the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations. Finance Giant Ltd 13 April 2022, Monetary penalties, Finance insurance and credit Between 1 and 30 November 2020 Finance Giant Ltd instigated the sending of a confirmed total of 505,759 unsolicited direct marketing messages that were received by subscribers contrary to regulation 22 of PECR. Bizfella Limited 08 April 2022, Monetary penalties, Finance insurance and credit Between 15 November 2019 and 15 July 2020 Bizfella Limited instigated the sending of 224,550 unsolicited direct marketing SMS messages that were received by subscribers contrary to regulation 22 of PECR. They have been issued with a penalty notice for £30 000. H&L Business Consulting Limited MPN 31 March 2022, Monetary penalties, Marketing Between 20 January 2020 and 27 July 2020, H&L Business Consulting Limited instigated the sending of 451,705 unsolicited SMS messages for direct marketing purposes in contravention to regulation 22 of PECR. UK Platinum Home Care Services Limited 16 March 2022, Monetary penalties, Finance insurance and credit Between 4 March and 8 October 2020, UK Platinum Home Care Services Limited instigated the making of 412,556 unsolicited calls for direct marketing purposes in contravention of regulation 21 PECR. The company has been fined £110,000. Domestic Support Ltd 16 March 2022, Monetary penalties, Land or property services Between 1 January 2020 and 31 July 2020, Domestic Support Limited made 69,133 unsolicited calls for direct marketing purposes in contravention of Regulation 21 of PECR, and also failed to provide the necessary caller information in contravention of Regulation 24 of PECR. The company has been fined £80,000. Seaview Brokers Ltd 16 March 2022, Monetary penalties, Finance insurance and credit Between 1 June 2020 and 30 June 2020, Seaview Brokers Limited instigated the making of 4,737 unsolicited calls for direct marketing purposes in contravention of regulation 21 PECR. The company has been fined £15,000. Home Sure Solutions Ltd 16 March 2022, Monetary penalties, Finance insurance and credit Between 3 March 2020 and 30 September 2020, Home Sure Solutions Limited made 229,483 unsolicited calls for direct marketing purposes in contravention of Regulation 21 PECR. The company has been fined £100,000. UK Appliance Cover Limited 16 March 2022, Monetary penalties, Finance insurance and credit Between 1 June 2020 and 31 December 2020, UK Appliance Cover Limited made 39,167 unsolicited calls for direct marketing purposes in contravention of Regulation 21 of PECR, and also failed to provide the necessary caller information in contravention of Regulation 24 of PECR. The company has been fined £100,000. Tuckers Solicitors LLP 10 March 2022, Monetary penalties, Legal Tuckers Solicitors LLP contravened Article 5(1)(f) of the GDPR. Royal Mail Group Limited 08 March 2022, Monetary penalties, General business Royal Mail Group Limited issued with monetary penalty notice for breach of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations. The Money Hive Limited 17 February 2022, Monetary penalties, Finance insurance and credit Between 12 March 2020 and 8 September 2020, a total of 752,425 unsolicited direct marketing messages were received by subscribers, having been sent by The Money Hive Limited without valid consent. Tempcover Ltd 09 February 2022, Monetary penalties, Finance insurance and credit Between 26 May 2019 and 26 May 2020, a total of 29,970,419 unsolicited direct marketing messages were received by subscribers, having been sent by Tempcover Ltd without valid consent. The ICO has fined them £85,000. Home2sense Limited 02 February 2022, Monetary penalties, Marketing The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined a home improvement firm £200,000 for making more than half a million unsolicited marketing calls. Energy Suite Limited 20 January 2022, Monetary penalties, Land or property services Energy Suite have been fined for making over 1,000 unsolicited direct marketing calls to subscribers who were registered with the TPS and who had not notified Energy Suite that they were willing to receive such calls, and to three complaints being made as a result. Northern Gas & Power Ltd 17 December 2021, Monetary penalties, Utilities Northern Gas & Power made direct marketing calls to subscribers who were registered with the TPS or CTPS and who had not provided valid consent. The monetary penalty notice is for £75,000. Virgin Media Limited 08 December 2021, Monetary penalties, Online technology and telecoms On or around 4 August 2020 there were 451,217 direct marketing emails containing the Marketing Preference Reminder received by subscribers. The Commissioner finds that Virgin Media transmitted those direct marketing messages. The monetary penalty notice is for £50,000. Cabinet Office 02 December 2021, Monetary penalties, Central government The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined the Cabinet Office £500,000 for disclosing postal addresses of the 2020 New Year Honours recipients online. EB Associates 01 December 2021, Monetary penalties, Marketing Between 11 January 2019 and 30 September 2019 there were 107,003 unsolicited direct marketing calls made to subscribers in relation to occupational pension schemes or personal pension schemes, with those calls being instigated by EB Associates Group Limited when it did not hold valid consent. Unite the Union 25 October 2021, Monetary penalties, Membership association There were multiple breaches of regulation 21 by Unite the Union arising from the organisation’s activities over a twelve-month period, resulting in 57,665 unsolicited direct marketing calls to subscribers who were registered with the TPS. These 57,665 unsolicited calls led to a total of 27 complaints being made to the Commissioner over the period of contravention. HIV Scotland 22 October 2021, Monetary penalties, Charitable and voluntary Scottish charity fined for contraventions of Articles 5(1)(f), 32(1) and 32(2) of the UK GDPR. Your Home Improvements Ltd 22 September 2021, Monetary penalties, Retail and manufacture Your Home Improvements Ltd have been fined for making 1,718 unsolicited calls for direct marketing purposes to people who were registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS). This resulted in 4 complaints being made to the TPS and the Commissioner. We Buy Any Car Limited 15 September 2021, Monetary penalties, Retail and manufacture The ICO has fined We Buy Any Car Limited £200,000. It sent 191.4 million marketing emails and 3.6 million marketing SMS messages to individuals without fully satisfying the requirements of the soft opt in, resulting in 42 complaints to the Commissioner, over a period of twelve months. Saga Services Limited 15 September 2021, Monetary penalties, Finance insurance and credit The ICO has fined Saga Services Ltd £150,000 for sending messages containing direct marketing material, for which subscribers had not provided valid consent. Saga Personal Finance Limited 15 September 2021, Monetary penalties, Finance insurance and credit The ICO has fined Saga Personal Finance Ltd £75,000 for sending 28,523,745 unsolicited direct marketing messages. These messages contained direct marketing material for which subscribers had not provided valid consent. Loading results More