Rejected petition Make spamming people illegal

Make spam emails, texts, phone calls and other forms of spam illegal. It is extremely annoying and frustrating when you receive non-stop alerts on your device from spammers.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We're not sure what action you would like us to take. Under the the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, it is already illegal to send unsolicited marketing communications via text, phone call or email.

If you're concerned about a specific case or incident, you can contact the Information Commissioner's Office, which is responsible for enforcing these rules, using the link below:

https://ico.org.uk/concerns/

You can also find out more about the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 here:

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2426/contents/made

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 11 March 2017
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