Five British companies made half a million nuisance calls

Britain's data watchdog has slapped financial penalties totaling £435,000 on five companies it says collectively made almost half of million marketing calls to people registered with the Telephone Preference Service .

The Information Commissioner's Office says the offenders include Applianceservices UK Ltd , Boiler Cover Breakdown Ltd , Boiler Breakdown Ltd , Repair Plans UK Ltd , and Utility Guard Ltd . Andy Curry, head of ICO investigations, said:"We will not stop investigating and taking robust action against companies, to protect people and especially the vulnerable, where we find blatant disregard for the law."

Based in Brighton, AUKL UK was behind 99,313 unsolicited direct marketing calls to TPS users between the start of January 2021 and towards the end of June in the same year. It was fined £85,000 .

Is that all?

“They went after vulnerable people and those over 60 who'd registered with TPS” “Britain's data watchdog has slapped penalties totaling £435,000” Across five companies? This is an utter disgrace. ICO needs more powers or to use existing ones fully against these grifters.

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