Monetary penalties · Utilities

Maxen Power Supply Limited

£120,000penalty

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

What happened

Maxen Power Supply Limited used overseas call centres to make unsolicited marketing calls to businesses in contravention of regulations 21 and 24 of PECR. The company was fined £120,000 and issued with an enforcement notice.

Summarised from the notice published by the ICO on 8 June 2023. Read the original notice — it is the authoritative version.