A financial services company that illegally dispatched tens of thousands of spam messages promising to help the recipients magically wipe away their debts is itself now a debtor to the UKs data regulator.
Oldham-based LADH Limited was fined 50,000 [PDF] by the Information Commissioners Office late last week for sending more than 31,000 text messages over a six week period from March to April 2022 without valid consent.
Another aspect of the messaging blitzkrieg is that none of its texts offered any recipient the opportunity to opt out – again in contravention of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations.
Examples of the text sent during the six weeks included:
Free Debt Help can consolidate your unaffordable payments, write…
Read the full article at: https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/22/ico_fines_spam_slinging_financial/