ICO fines PPI claims company £120,000 for millions of nuisance texts

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[text_block id=”467e7673744a2ed2928442c60c0dc4bf” content=”‹¨›p‹˜›Date: 07 May 2019‹¨›br /‹˜›Type: News‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Issued by the (UK) Information Commissioners Office‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›The ICO has ‹¨›a title‹´›‹²›Hall and Hanley Ltd‹²› href‹´›‹²›https://ico.org.uk/action-weve-taken/enforcement/hall-and-hanley-ltd/‹²› data-id‹´›‹²›38037‹²›‹˜›fined a PPI claims management company £120,000‹¨›/a‹˜› for sending unlawful spam texts about its services.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Hall and Hanley Ltd of Devonshire Street North, Manchester were responsible for sending 3,560,211 direct marketing text messages between 1 January 2018 and 26 June 2018 about PPI compensation claims.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›The ICO launched an investigation after it became aware of a large number of complaints about the company. It found that Hall and Hanley, which had used a third party for this work, but did not have valid consent as required by law.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Steve Eckersley, ICO Director of Investigations, said:‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›blockquote‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›”Companies which are responsible for generating these types of marketing messages should make sure they are operating legally or face a potential fine. Hall and Hanley should have known better. The laws on these types of marketing messages are strict because they can be very intrusive.”‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›‹¨›a href‹´›‹²›https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2019/05/ico-fines-ppi-claims-company-120-000-for-millions-of-nuisance-texts/‹²› target‹´›‹²›_blank‹²› rel‹´›‹²›noopener‹²›‹˜›Read the full piece:‹¨›/a‹˜›‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›/blockquote‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›#ICO, #Fines #Spam, #SMS, #TextMessaging, UK, #Consent, #GDPR‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›blockquote‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›‹¯›nbsp;‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›/blockquote‹˜›” paragraph_whitespace=”true” text_size=”” line_height=”” text_color=”” margin=”0px 0px 15px 0px” class=”” _fw_coder=”aggressive” __fw_editor_shortcodes_id=”7a4c2a1fe913a9eb7f8581a7dae2a491″][/text_block]
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