224,550 advertising text messages sent without consent
After more than 900 complaints that unsolicited promotional text messages for financial services from Bizfella Limited were reported to the UK’s data protection authority, the ICO launched investigations against the company.
During the investigation, it was found that between November 15, 2019 and July 15, 2020, the company had sent 224,550 promotional text messages to individuals without the consent of the individuals concerned.
Entscheidungsdatum:
06.04.2022
Land:
United Kingdom
Art des Verstoßes:
Illegal data processing
Betroffene Datensätze:
224550
Waren sensible Daten betroffen?:
No
verhängte Geldstrafe:
€ 35,940,-
Violation of GDPR Paragraph:
unknown
Quelle:
Fine notice from the ICO