ICO to fine Eldon Insurance £60,000

Brightside director Arron Banks

The Information Commissioner also issued a notice of intent to fine Leave.EU as part of the same action and is investigating allegations that Eldon shared customer data “obtained for insurance purposes” with Leave.EU.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is set to fine Eldon Insurance £60,000 for serious breaches of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR).

The ICO detailed that “more than one million emails were sent to Leave.EU subscribers over two separate periods which also included marketing for GoSkippy services, without their consent”.

It also proposed to fine the unofficial Brexit campaign £60,000 in tandem with Eldon.

The campaign was also fined a further £15,000 for

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