ICO hits company selling call blockers with £190k fine for nuisance calls
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office fined a company that sells call-blocking products £190,000 for making nuisance calls. The irony is direct: the company being penalized was in the business of protecting people from exactly the kind of calls it was making.
Why this matters: A company selling protection from unwanted calls was itself making unwanted calls. That is not just hypocritical — it is a reminder that marketing practices can contradict the product being sold. People who bought a call blocker presumably wanted fewer intrusions, not more. The ICO fine is real money, but the bigger point is that no company gets a pass on consent rules just because its product sounds consumer-friendly.
Who should care: Lawyers · Privacy officers · Compliance · AI governance
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