grandad wrote:
If a driver has accumulated hundreds of phone numbers in his phone can he send a marketing message to all of them without the person agreeing to receive marketing texts and without any means of opting out?
Also If I have put a post on facebook to inform the public of our working hours and we get a reply from someone saying "great can you book me in" and gives their details, can another company sent a message to that person on messanger giving their details and asking them to contact them instead of us?
Have any laws been broken such as touting, data protection, cold calling?
In the UK, the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), released by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), governs text marketing laws based on the Data Protection Act. ... As with the previous acts, SMS marketing is illegal without prior consent, you should also take them to court for loss of income due to there illegal activities