The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined two companies £150,000 for illegal direct marketing under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR).
- Breathe Services Ltd was fined £170,000 for sending 4,376,037 unsolicited direct marketing calls to numbers registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) in breach of regulations 21 and 24 of PECR.
- Money Bubble Ltd was fined £120,000 for sending 168,852 unsolicited direct marketing calls to numbers registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) in breach of regulations 21 and 24 of PECR.
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