Penalty for energy company for illegal telephone advertising

Penalty for energy company for illegal telephone advertising

The German utility ENERGYsparks GmbH issued a fine of 300.000€. The company engaged in aggressive telephone advertising without the consent of the persons concerned. Even after repeated hearings by the Federal Network Agency, this practice was not changed. In addition, the utility used call centers, which had already been punished for their illegal calling practices, for marketing purposes.

Entscheidungsdatum:
10.12.2018

Land:
Germany

Art des Verstoßes:
violated rights of the data subject

Betroffene Datensätze:
Thousands

Waren sensible Daten betroffen?:
No

verhängte Geldstrafe:
€ 300,000,-

Quelle:
https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Allgemeines/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/2018/20181210_Telefonwerbung.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2