ICO
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Market Insight 1 AprGDPR: The impact on car dealers two years on
After initial panic and confusion, has the industry got to grips with data collection?
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Digital Marketing 19 JulJailed garage worker to pay £33,500 after customer data theft
An accident repair centre worker who stole customer data from a previous employer has been ordered to pay £33,500 eight months after an Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) led prosecution saw him jailed for six months.
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Digital Marketing 18 DecCar dealers should remind staff that data breaches 'could result in prison term'
Car dealers should remind their staff that a breach of customer data protection legislation could result in a prison term, Dragon 2000 has said.
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Digital Marketing 13 Nov
First ICO Computer Misuse Act prosecution results in six month jail sentence
The Information Commissioner’s Office’s (ICO) first prosecution under the Computer Misuse Act has resulted in a six month jail sentence for a former employee of Nationwide Accident Repair Services (NARS).
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Latest News 27 FebICO publishes GDPR data processing fees
The fees for businesses wanting to process customer data under the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) have been published.
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Market Insight 19 DecCar dealers urged to act now on 12-steps to GDPR compliance
Car dealers are being advised to consider 12 important stages now in ensuring their use of customer information complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) with a new Information Commissioner’s Office guide.
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Digital Marketing 24 NovDirector of injury claims company banned for 7 years over 1 million ‘nuisance calls’
The director of a claims management company has been disqualified as a director for seven years after the Ministry of Justice deemed a million of his business’s 6.4 million automated marketing calls were “nuisance calls”.
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Latest News 22 May
ICO issues fine over car dealer's 360,000 marketing texts
The Information Commissioner’s Office has handed used car retailer Concept Car Credit Limited a £40,000 after sending hundreds of thousands of unsolicited marketing text messages.
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Car Manufacturer News 28 MarHonda fined over 'illegal' marketing emails
Honda Motor Europe has been fined £13,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office after breaching data protection laws with almost 290,000 “illegal” marketing emails.
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Supplier News 24 FebNationwide Accident Repair Services' customer data targeted by hackers - house raided
A search warrant was executed yesterday at a property in London as part of an investigation into the illegal access of customer details from Nationwide Accident Repair Services.
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