The Government wants to make it easier to fine companies the maximum £500,000 for pestering people with marketing phone calls and text messages. Current law puts the onus on the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) to prove that a company has caused 'substantial damage or substantial distress' by its actions to be liable for the full penalty. But a Government consultation has proposed lowering this threshold so that the maximum fine can be imposed on companies causing 'annoyance, inconvenience or anxiety'.
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