Court fines phone company €5k for cold calling, one customer had asked five times to opt out

Discount landline operator Yourtel has been fined €5,000 for unwanted marketing calls targeting Eir customers to tempt them to switch over.

It is the latest firm to be successfully prosecuted at Dublin District Court by the office of the Data Protection Commissioner. The case was brought after the watchdog received complaints from members of the public about Yourtel repeatedly cold-calling them against their wishes.