Unfounded complaint about unsolicited marketing text messages [2008] IEDPC 5
The text messages were not unsolicited as they were initiated from the data subject's mobile number, likely by a household member without her knowledge, and no contravention of SI 535 of 2003 occurred.
- Citation
- [2008] IEDPC 5
- Parties
- Complainant: Data Subject; Respondents: Four Data Controllers
- Jurisdiction
- Ireland
- Procedural Posture
- Complaint / Final Determination
- Outcome
- complaint dismissed
- Legal Topics
- Unsolicited Marketing Messages, Consent for Electronic Communications
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Parties
Data Subject
Complainant
Four Data Controllers
Respondents
Procedural Posture
Complaint / Final Determination
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the text messages received by the data subject were unsolicited and in contravention of SI 535 of 2003
Ratio Decidendi
The text messages were not unsolicited as they were initiated from the data subject's mobile number, likely by a household member without her knowledge, and no contravention of SI 535 of 2003 occurred.
Court Disposition
complaint dismissed
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