No-win-no-fee company fined by ICO for illegal text messages

John Leonard
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ICO: 'Generic third-party consent is not enough and companies will be fined if they break the law'

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined Tax Returned Limited, a company specialising in reclaiming overpaid tax, £200,000 for sending out millions of text messages without first acqui...

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