The Data Protection Office has received a number of local and international complaints and has warned the companies that they could end up in court for failing to remove customers from their databases.
Deputy data protection commissioner Paul Vane said that they had started issuing enforcement notices to the worst culprits and would not hesitate to take them to court if they failed to comply.
‘This has been going on for a while, but there has been a definite increase in complaints over the last few months,’ he said. ‘People have been trying to unsubscribe from emails, which they have a right to do, but they are not getting anywhere. ‘
