Monetary penalties · Criminal justice
Police Service of Northern Ireland
£750,000penalty
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 Police Service of Northern Ireland has been fined £750,000 for infringing Articles 5(1)(f), 32(1) and (2) of the UK GDPR between 25 May 2018 and 14 June 2024.
Summarised from the notice published by the ICO on 3 October 2024. Read the original notice — it is the authoritative version.