463,360 unauthorized advertising text messages
The UK’s data protection authority, the ICO, has launched an investigation into the company Ryan Hill Partners after receiving 250 complaints about unsolicited text message advertising.
In these investigations, the data protection authority found that the company, between September 1, 2019 and November 30, 2020, sent 463,360 promotional text messages, of which 409,360 went to people who had not given consent for promotional text messages.
Entscheidungsdatum:
14.12.2022
Land:
United Kingdom
Art des Verstoßes:
Illegal data processing
Betroffene Datensätze:
463360
Waren sensible Daten betroffen?:
No
verhängte Geldstrafe:
€ 81,629,-
Violation of GDPR Paragraph:
unknown
Quelle:
Fine notice from the ICO