ICO warns companies about the costly consequences of making nuisance calls
(WorldNews Europe)

Companies carrying out direct marketing have been reminded that properly screening numbers against the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) register is much cheaper than a fine for making nuisance calls. The warning comes after domestic energy saving firm Home Logic UK Ltd was given a £50,000 penalty by the Information Commissioner`s Office (ICO) for making marketing calls to people who had made it clear they didn`t want to be contacted in that way. The TPS allows people to register their number and opt out of receiving marketing calls. Between April 1 2015 and July 31 2016, it received 133 complaints from members of the public about nuisance calls made to their TPS-registered numbers by...