The ICO has published figures confirming the number of reports of nuisance calls, texts and emails between January to June 2021 compared to 2020 has risen by 60%. On average, the ICO received 13,925 reports of nuisance calls, texts and emails per month in the first half of 2021, compared to just 8680 per month throughout the whole of 2020.
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