The UK's data protection watchdog fined two Brit businesses with offshore call centers £550,000 (c $735,000) over illegal automated marketing calls.… Both companies equipped their offshored call ...

Britons are being hit by a tidal wave of 'robo calls' which use technology to mimic the voices of human call centre agents. The Information Commissioner's Office, which enforces data protection rules, ...

Britons are being hit by a tidal wave of 'robo calls' which use technology to mimic the voices of human call centre agents. The Information Commissioner's Office, which enforces data protection rules, ...

The ICO said the firms used pre-recorded messages which were activated by call centres abroad A watchdog has fined two companies more than half a million pounds combined over unlawful marketing calls.

Forget about campaign posters, or emails, or leaflets, or door-to-door canvassing. The last two weeks of this election season, as one Ohio congressman put it, are going to be all about “robo-mania.” ...

Fresh warnings have been issued about 'robo calls'. Companies use automated software to play scripted messages voiced by actors posing as customer service staff. Consumer champion Matt Allwright ...

A watchdog has fined two companies more than half a million pounds combined over unlawful marketing calls. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said Green Spark Energy (GSE) in Durham and Home ...