Beware the email bcc function warns ICO
- Thursday, 31 August 2023
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) - the body which enforces data protection standards - has warned firms to use alternatives to the blind carbon copy (BCC) email function when sending emails following a number of business data blunders.
Read more...350,000 illegal pension cold calls made since ban
- Thursday, 02 December 2021
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has punished four firms for making nearly 350,000 illegal pension cold calls since the ban on cold calling was instigated in 2019.
Read more...Pension cold call firm hit with £50,000 fine
- Thursday, 19 August 2021
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The Information Commissioner's Office has fined Halifax-based marketing company Parkin Beacher Ltd (PBL) £50,000 for making nearly 100,000 illegal marketing cold calls to people about their pensions.
Read more...FCA apologises after confidential data breach
- Tuesday, 25 February 2020
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The FCA has referred itself to the Information Commissioner’s Office after admitting a data breach mistake which could have exposed the names of complainants.
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