{"id":1210,"date":"2022-04-10T12:59:32","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T12:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/momstime.org\/en\/?p=1210"},"modified":"2022-04-10T12:59:32","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T12:59:32","slug":"554-uk-data-protection-authority-fines-three-companies-over-sending-unwanted-messages-to-peo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karimilawfirm.com\/en\/news-en\/554-uk-data-protection-authority-fines-three-companies-over-sending-unwanted-messages-to-peo\/","title":{"rendered":"UK DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITY FINES THREE COMPANIES OVER SENDING UNWANTED MESSAGES TO PEOPLE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Karimi & Associates Law Firm<\/a>\u00a0presents according to\u00a0The UK Information Commissioner\u2019s Office:<\/a><\/p>\n

The UK Information Commissioner Office, ICO, has announced that three well-known companies will have to pay \u00a3495,000 as fines, due to sending millions of \u2018frustrating and intrusive\u2019 nuisance messages.<\/p>\n

Andy Curry, Information Commissioner\u2019s Office\u2019s head of investigations, stated: \u201cgetting a ping on your phone or constant unwanted messages on our laptop from a company you don\u2019t want to hear from is frustrating and intrusive.\u201d He further added, \u201ctoday\u2019s fines show the ICO will tackle unsolicited marketing, irrespective of whether the messages have been orchestrated by a small business or organization, or a leading household name.\u201d<\/p>\n

We Buy Any Car company was fined \u00a3200,000 for sending more than 191 million emails. The firm also sent 3.6 million nuisance texts. Saga Services Ltd and Saga Personal Finance were fined \u00a3150,000 and \u00a375,000 respectively for instigating more than 157 million emails between them. Sports Direct has been fined \u00a370,000 for sending 2.5 million emails.<\/p>\n

As the mentioned companies didn’t have the people’s permission to send such emails and messages, their actions were considered illegal and against the law. It is notable that The ICO\u2019s investigations into the companies were sparked by complaints from the public.<\/p>\n

\u201cCompanies that want to send direct marketing messages must first have people\u2019s consent. And people must understand what they are consenting to when they hand over their personal information. The same rules apply even when companies use third parties to send messages on their behalf.\u201d Andy Curry said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Karimi & Associates Law Firm\u00a0presents according to\u00a0The UK Information Commissioner\u2019s Office: The UK Information Commissioner Office, ICO, has announced that three well-known companies will have to pay \u00a3495,000 as fines, due to sending millions of \u2018frustrating and intrusive\u2019 nuisance messages. Andy Curry, Information Commissioner\u2019s Office\u2019s head of investigations, stated: \u201cgetting a ping on your phone or constant unwanted messages on our laptop from a company you don\u2019t want to hear […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\nUK DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITY FINES THREE COMPANIES OVER SENDING UNWANTED MESSAGES TO PEOPLE - Karimi law firm<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Uk data protection authority fines three companies over sending unwanted messages to people. 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