Experian vows to drag UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office to court after being told off for data-slurping practices
Experian has been rapped over the knuckles by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after it discovered the credit reference agency was trading “millions” of people’s data for marketing purposes.
Instead of issuing a monetary fine, however, the data regulator wrapped up a two-year probe yesterday by merely insisting Experian tweaks its online privacy policies and informs consumers it acquired data about them.
In an aggressive response, Experian chief exec Brian Cassin claimed the ICO enforcement notice against his employer “risks damaging the services that help consumers, thousands of small businesses and charities, particularly as they try to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.”
