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Marketing consent: what you can and can’t do

21/04/202021/04/2020 by Mark Gracey

When GDPR came into force (in 2018) it introduced a new set of rules around what constitutes consent as the lawful basis for processing. Specifically, … Read more

Categories Direct marketing Tags consent, marketing, PECR

The importance of knowing your service messages from your marketing messages

25/06/2019 by Mark Gracey

The £100,000 fine of telecoms company EE from the ICO for sending over 2.5 million direct marketing messages to customers who had opted-out is a stark … Read more

Categories ePrivacy Tags enforcement, marketing, service messages, text marketing

ICO issues £200k fine for unsolicited text messages without valid consent

14/12/2018 by Mark Gracey

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a £200,000 fine to Tax Return Limited (“TRL”) for sending out 14.8m unsolicited marketing text messages (which generated … Read more

Categories News Tags consent, GDPR, marketing, PECR

Which? highlights retailers breaching data protection and privacy laws with their e-receipts

11/12/2018 by Mark Gracey

Research from consumer rights guardian Which? has highlighted the data protection dangers of e-receipts and that some retailers are in breach of data protection and … Read more

Categories News Tags consent, e-receipts, marketing
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MailChimp removes and puts back double opt-in for EU users

01/11/2017 by Mark Gracey

If you’re a MailChimp user you may have received a couple of emails from them recently about their position on double opt-in defaults. Up until … Read more

Categories Data Protection, News Tags double opt-in, email lists, MailChimp, marketing
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