Enforcement notices · Marketing
Daniel George Bentley and Taipan Trading Ltd
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Root cause
Unlawful direct marketing
Nuisance calls, spam texts or emails sent without valid consent — enforced under PECR rather than UK GDPR.
What happened
Daniel George Bentley is a sole trader and director of Taipan Trading Ltd. Between 1 May 2022 and 31 July 2023 he and his company sent over 2.5 million unsolicited direct marketing text messages to individuals in breach of regulations 22 and 23 of PECR.
Summarised from the notice published by the ICO on 5 December 2023. Read the original notice — it is the authoritative version.