EXTERNAL VERSION - Operation LINDEN Unsolicited Marketing Communications Strategy Meeting

(All) • Ofcom – Update on new powers • Week of Action – proposals for future proactive work • GDPR update • Financial Recovery Unit and directors’ liability • Operation WICKLOW and HIDA • International enforcement – update on recent UCENet event (New York) • AOB (Inc. [...] • Of the 12 penalties, six related to live calls, four to emails and the remaining two were related to SMS messaging. [...] • Continued to share intelligence and work closely with the ICO, Ofcom and the Advertising Standards Authority to assist with investigations. [...] • Enforcement under PECR is dealt with in the draft Transitional Provisions, at page 110 of the government amendments here - • Para 58(1) of that schedule states: “58 (1) The repeal of a provision of the 1998 Act does not affect its operation for the purposes of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regul. [...] The strategic plan will focus on the creation of new working groups to further: • Intelligence and information exchange; • Communication and engagement; • Training; and • Identifying international enforcement cooperation opportunities.