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UK: ICO fines Decision Technologies £90,000 for direct marketing violation
The Information Commissioner's Office ('ICO') announced, on 2 July 2020, that it had imposed a fine of £90,000 on Decision Technologies Limited for a violation of Regulation 22 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, namely transmission of unsolicited communications by means of electronic mail. In particular, the ICO found that between 12 July 2017 and 23 May 2018 there were 14,986,423 direct marketing emails received by subscribers, with a further 1,136,647 emails estimated, for which there were issues regarding whether the consent obtained was freely given, specific, and informed. In addition, the ICO considered, that the violations identified were negligent, and that Decision Technologies failed to take reasonable steps to prevent the violations.