Christopher Niebel has successfully appealed a 300,000 GBP fine for sending spam text messages after challenging “whether the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) was right to issue him with a fine for his part in what the ICO considered was a serious breach of UK privacy laws,” Out-Law.com reports. Niebel and fellow Tetrus Telecoms co-owner Gary McNeish were fined a combined 440,000 GBP by the ICO last year “for breaching the UK's Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) for engaging in unsolicited direct marketing activities.” However, an Information Rights Tribunal upheld Niebel’s appeal, ruling “insufficient damage or distress had been caused to recipients to merit the penalty being imposed,” the report states.
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