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2 February 2015

UK Government Plans To Extend UK ICO's Ability To Levy Fines For Spam Texts And Calls

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On October 25, the UK government proposed to remove the threshold requirement to demonstrate "substantial damage or distress" from the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulation...
United Kingdom Privacy

On October 25, the UK government proposed to remove the threshold requirement to demonstrate "substantial damage or distress" from the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulation, broadening the information commissioner's ability to levy fines of up to £500,000 for nuisance direct marketing calls and SMS messages.

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