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Loan firm fined over nuisance texts
The Bradford-based credit lender was fined by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) over text messages promoting personal loans for its brand Satsuma Loans.
The ICO found that Provident had employed third-party affiliate companies to send 999,057 unsolicited texts on its behalf.
This was against the law as the recipients had not consented to receive such messages from Provident.
The investigation by the ICO came about after 285 complaints were made between 6th April and 13th October 2015 to the spam reporting service.
The ICO found that one of Provident’s affiliates had sent 868,393 unsolicited texts, while another sent 130,664.
The ICO stated that it was believed the full scale of the contravention was significantly higher as it was likely that other affiliates had sent out many more.
Steve Eckersley, head of enforcement at the ICO, said the law was clear and companies could not send marketing texts to people who had not signed up to receive them.
“Being bombarded with texts you didn’t ask for and don’t want is an intrusion into people’s privacy, an irritation and, in the worst cases, can be upsetting.
“Companies have no excuse whatsoever for sending nuisance texts, whether they do it themselves or employ someone else to do it for them.”
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