The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Yes Consumer Solutions Limited (YCSL) £170,000 for making 188,493 unsolicited direct marketing calls to customers registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS). The calls were made over a 12 month period between October 2018 and October 2019. YCSL sell nuisance call blocking systems, and had the means to check their marketing lists against the TPS, yet still contacted almost 200,000 people without their consent. The ICO began investigating YCSL after receiving 13 complaints from members of the public, who also complained to the…
Nuisance call blocker company fined £170,000 for making almost 200,000 illegal marketing calls
