Another month and two more British companies behind nuisance marketing calls are collectively facing a £270,000 penalty for breaking the law by calling people registered by the Telephone Preference Service (TPS).
As savvy Reg readers know only too well, it is illegal to make unsolicited phone calls to anyone signed up to TPS for 28 days or more. Just last month UK data watchdog the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) issued the same financial slap against four companies found to be flouting regulations.
The latest offenders successfully dialled up hundreds of thousands of TPS users over a months-long period that led to numerous complaints to the ICO and TPS. The pair contravened regulation 21 of the Privacy and Electronics Communication Regulations (PECR) 2003.
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