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Henry Cazalet

Henry Cazalet is director and co-founder of The SMS Works, which provides a low-cost and reliable SMS API for developers. He’s been involved in the world of business SMS and mobile marketing since 1999.

Data Privacy

ICO Flexes Its Muscles with 69% Increase in Fines for Spam and Data Breaches

Henry Cazalet Feb 7, 2018 0

UK's ICO is increasingly active in their efforts to reduce offences in anti-spam regulations and data breaches. In 2017, we witnessed an annual rise in fines of nearly 69 percent, from £2.9 to £4.9 million. A total of 104 companies has been fined a total of £8.7 million for failures since August 2015.