Subject	Predicate	Object
yam68XEQ	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	ADWkqwGt
	answer has answering person	Jeremy Paul Wright
	answer text	<p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.</p><p>A breach of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (which regulate cold calling either to telephone or by text message) is not a criminal offence, hence there have been no prosecutions and consequently no fines issued at criminal courts for making such calls.</p><p>The Information Commissioner has the power to issue enforcement notices requiring companies that cease making them and, since the Regulations came into force on 11 December 2003, the ICO has issued seven enforcement notices for breaches of the regulations relating to nuisance recorded messages.</p>
	answer given date	2012-11-26
	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	yam68XEQ
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	answering body has answer	yam68XEQ
ADWkqwGt	question has answer	yam68XEQ
Jeremy Paul Wright	answering person has answer	yam68XEQ