MADRID, 3 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on Thursday fined the Conservative Party 10,000 pounds (plus 11,600 euros) for sending advertising emails to 51 people who had not given their consent to receive them. .
The messages in question were sent on behalf of Boris Johnson eight days after he became prime minister in July 2019. Between July 24 and July 31, the Conservative Party sent more than a million ‘marketing emails ‘. According to the ICO, the emails were “validly sent”, but the party did not have the consent of 51 of the people who received them.
The watchdog, which has guaranteed that it will continue to work against “annoying” email advertising campaigns, has explained that the British Conservatives did not correctly register people who had unsubscribed from the service when the shipment was given the green light. of the ‘mails’.
In the UK, it is illegal to send advertising emails if the recipient has not given their express consent to receive them. “Getting messages out to potential voters is important in a healthy democracy, but political parties must follow the law when they do so,” said ICO research director Stephen Eckersley.
The Conservative Party has accepted the fine and has promised to work to try to tackle future situations like this, according to a spokesman, quoted by the BBC.
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