ICO fines funeral plan firm and asks public to help elderly relatives to report nuisance calls

The Information Commissionerโ€™s Office (ICO) wants people to support their elderly relatives or neighbours if they are receiving nuisance marketing calls.ย  The appeal came as a company selling funeral plans was fined ยฃ80,000 for making unlawful marketing calls to people who had made it explicitly clear they didnโ€™t want to receive them. The ICO launched an investigation after a national newspaper had reported allegations of illegal practices at a call centre at Handforth Dean in Wilmslow, Cheshire, run by a company which at the time was called Plan My Funeral…