6,250,966 advertising emails sent without consent
After several complaints that unsolicited promotional emails for a service on Reed Online Limited’s online platform where professionals review CVs were reported to the UK’s data protection authority ICO launched investigations against the company.
During the investigation, it was found that between February 4 and February 7, 2021, the company had sent 6,250,966 emails to individuals without obtaining consent from the individuals concerned.
Entscheidungsdatum:
20.04.2022
Land:
Vereinigtes Königreich
Art des Verstoßes:
Illegal data processing
Betroffene Datensätze:
6250966
Waren sensible Daten betroffen?:
No
verhängte Geldstrafe:
€ 48,213,-
Violation of GDPR Paragraph:
unknown
Quelle:
Bußgeldbescheid der ICO