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UK Directors to be personally liable for nuisance calls
Amendment aims to stop those responsible from “ducking” ICO fines by liquidating their companies. On 23 October 2016, the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport announced that it will amend the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (e-PrivacyRegs) with effect from spring 2017 to introduce personal liability…
Tough-talking Information Commissioner imposes unprecedented £400,000 data protection fine on Talk Talk
What does the highest UK data protection fine ever tell us about the new Information Commissioner and the future of data protection enforcement? In October 2015, Talk Talk Telecom Group PLC (Talk Talk) suffered a cyber attack resulting in criminals gaining access to the personal data of 156,959 customers. In…
Cold calling: record UK fine imposed by data protection regulator
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the authority responsible for protecting data and privacy rights in the UK, has issued its largest ever fine to Prodial Ltd, a lead generation cold calling company, for making 46 million automated nuisance phone calls. The Brighton-based company, which was using mass internet calling systems, was…
Data protection and e-Privacy fines: UK regulator maintains robust stance
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the regulatory authority responsible for enforcing data protection and electronic privacy (e-Privacy) laws in the UK, has continued to take a pro-active approach to imposing fines (by issuing monetary penalty notices (MPNs)) of up to £500,000 in respect of serious breaches. Recent enforcement action has…