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Five businesses facing half a million in collective penalties for illegally phoning folk registered with TPS

The UK data watchdog has penalized five businesses it says collectively made 1.9 million cold calls to members of the public, illegally, as those people had opted out of being menaced at home by marketeers.

The Information Commissioner’s Office says it has issued a total fine of £590,000 to the five business that it found using pressured sales tactics to flog insurance for white goods and other household appliances.

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