Customer ‘harassed’ by 225 calls from UPC

COMMUNICATIONS giants UPC and Vodafone received convictions for repeatedly sending unsolicited messages to customers.

Eircom and O2 were also found guilty of breaching data protection laws but escaped a criminal conviction and were given the benefit of the Probation Act.

All four pleaded guilty in what was a series of connected prosecutions taken by the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) before Dublin District Court.