1,752,149 Unauthorized advertising calls
Between July 1, 2019 and June 1, 2020, the company made a total of 1,752,149 unsolicited calls for marketing purposes, an average of more than 3 calls per minute. These calls were made to individuals who had previously registered in the TPS registry.
The calls mistakenly led victims to believe that the warranty on their home appliances had expired, misleading them into paying for new services that were not provided. This involved targeting older people and pressuring them to buy these services.
Entscheidungsdatum:
15.02.2023
Land:
United Kingdom
Art des Verstoßes:
Illegal data processing
Betroffene Datensätze:
1752149
Waren sensible Daten betroffen?:
No
verhängte Geldstrafe:
€ 225,161,-
Violation of GDPR Paragraph:
unknown
Quelle:
Press release of the ICO