ICO Fines UK Nuisance Call Scammers £100,000

The ICO fined Birmingham-based TMAC £100,000 after investigators found the firm made over 260,000 nuisance marketing calls to numbers on the Telephone Preference Service between February and September 2024, often targeting people over 60 and impersonating local crime and fire-prevention initiatives; the regulator determined TMAC failed to screen against TPS and breached Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR).