Monetary penalties · Charitable and voluntary
Birthlink
£18,000penalty
Root cause
Unlawful direct marketing
Nuisance calls, spam texts or emails sent without valid consent — enforced under PECR rather than UK GDPR.
What happened
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Scottish charity Birthlink £18,000 after it destroyed approximately 4,800 personal records, up to ten percent of which may be irreplaceable.
Summarised from the notice published by the ICO on 24 June 2025. Read the original notice — it is the authoritative version.