378,538 advertising text messages sent without consent
After 314 complaints that unsolicited promotional text messages for financial services from H&L Business Consulting Limited were reported to the U.K. Data Protection Authority ICO launched investigations against the company.
During the investigation, it was found that between January 20 and July 27, 2020, the company had sent 378,538 promotional text messages to individuals without the consent of the individuals concerned.
Entscheidungsdatum:
29.03.2022
Land:
United Kingdom
Art des Verstoßes:
Illegal data processing
Betroffene Datensätze:
378538
Waren sensible Daten betroffen?:
No
verhängte Geldstrafe:
€ 94,742,-
Violation of GDPR Paragraph:
unknown
Quelle:
Fine notice from the ICO