Virgin Media fined £50,000 after spamming 451,000 who didn’t want marketing emails

British telco Virgin Media is facing a £50k financial penalty after spamming more than 400,000 opted-out customers urging them to sign back up to receive marketing bumf. Just one customer complained to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) about receiving the spam – but that was enough to spur the regulator into investigating.

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