Subject	Predicate	Object
9SPGtrno	a	Resource
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		Written answer
	answer has question	kc8Q7wv9
	answer has answering person	Edward Vaizey
	answer text	<p>Under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) 2003, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) can issue a monetary penalty of up to £500,000 to an organisation, which wilfully or negligently makes unsolicited direct marketing nuisance calls to Telephone Preference Service (TPS) registered numbers, or when a caller has been advised not to make further calls to a particular number. Additionally, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) can issue a monetary penalty of up to £2 million to organisations that breach their statement of policy on persistent misuse, which includes making abandoned and silent calls.</p>
	answer given date	2013-12-11
	answer has answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	written answer has answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	answering body has written answer	9SPGtrno
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	answering body has answer	9SPGtrno
kc8Q7wv9	question has answer	9SPGtrno
Edward Vaizey	answering person has answer	9SPGtrno