Dublin-based Therapie salon and the Carphone Warehouse were among four companies in court today to face prosecutions taken by the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC).
Carphone Warehouse was fined €1,250 on each of two charges relating to the sending of an unsolicited email marketing messages. The court heard the company had previously been warned in relation to similar breaches, although it had no previous convictions.
Meteor was also prosecuted over the sending of an unsolicited marketing text. The customer who complained to the DPC had previously gone to "some lengths" to ensure he would not be contacted by the company, the court heard. While the customer was the only one who complained, the message had been sent to between 11,000 and 18,500 people who should not have received it, the court heard.
Hutchison 3G, trading as Three, was prosecuted on three counts - one of sending an unsolicited email, one in relation to an unsolicited phone call, and a third in relation to an unsolicited marketing text message sent to deputy data protection commissioner Gary Davis.