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ICO PECR 2003 enforcement tracker (UK): direct marketing—unsolicited calls, SMS and emails; penalties, enforcement notices and compliance trends

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Practice notes

This Practice Note monitors enforcement action by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) resulting from infringements of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (PECR 2003), SI 2003/2426. It encompasses contraventions of the direct marketing provisions laid down in PECR 2003, SI 2003/2426, regs 21–24. The tracker lists financial penalties and enforcement notices served on individuals or organisations.

Background

In the UK, ePrivacy rules—ie the treatment of personal data within electronic communications—are largely set out in PECR 2003, SI 2003/2426, which transposed Directive 2002/58/EC (the ePrivacy Directive) at a time when the UK was part of the EU. The legislation’s core aim is to require providers of public electronic communications services to adopt suitable technical and organisational measures to protect the confidentiality, security and privacy of the service, and to shield subscribers from specified risks and misuse. PECR 2003 was retained after the UK’s departure from the EU in 2020, with limited amendments to ensure it continued to operate properly once the UK became a third country. The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 introduces more substantive modifications to PECR 2003...

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