Reprimands · Local government

London Borough of Hackney

No fineReprimands

Root cause Unlawful direct marketing Nuisance calls, spam texts or emails sent without valid consent — enforced under PECR rather than UK GDPR.

What happened

For the period of April 2020 to February 2021, London Borough of Hackney did not respond to over 60% of the SARs submitted to them in the statutory timeframe. The oldest SAR was over 23 months.

Summarised from the notice published by the ICO on 21 September 2022. Read the original notice — it is the authoritative version.