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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 1,370 cases from 35 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.

1case from 1 jurisdiction
€346,600Total of monetary amounts
€346,600Largest single case: Marketing-Unternehmen, UK (anonymisiert)
€346,600Median per case with an amount

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20 May 2026 Marketing-Unternehmen, UK (anonymisiert)ICO: £300,000 fine for a marketing firm over spam and fake bailiff texts United KingdomMarketing and consent €346,600

The ICO fined a UK marketing company £300,000 and issued an enforcement notice. The ICO found that the company had sent more than 5.5 million unsolicited marketing text messages, including messages styled as if they came from bailiffs. The 7726 spam reporting service received over 60,000 complaints. The ICO relied on regulations 22 and 23 of PECR (electronic marketing without consent and concealed sender identity).

Authority / court
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)
Area of law
Data protection · Marketing and consent
Legal basis
Regulations 22 und 23 PECR; section 55A DPA 1998
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Other

Original amount 300,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 May 2026.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link

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