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Articles tagged with: Phonepayplus
UK Regulator Warns Parents to take control of children's smartphone bills
Parents who don't talk to their children about what they spend on smartphones can be hit with bills that run into hundreds or even thousands of pounds, phonepayplus, the UK regulator of premium rate telephone services warns in a report published today. more
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Premium Rate Phone Company Hit With Record Fine
A UK firm has been hit with a record £800,000 fine after being foung guilty of breaking regulations applying to premium rate telephone services. more
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British Phone Regulator Fines Russian Firm
Britain's regulator of premium rate phone services has fined a Russian company around $79,000 for "serious breaches" of its code, including price violations, misleading information and issuing charges without consent. more
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Mobile App Developer Fined for Unauthorised Premium Rate SMS Charges
A firm that offered fake versions of popular mobile games, including a variant of the Angry Bird franchise has been fined £50,000 (US$78,650) by the UK's premium rate telephony regulator. more
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Misleading Premium Rate Phone Companies Fined by Regulator
Two firms who misled consumers by allowing their competitions to be promoted on websites with very similar web addresses to popular sites have been fined £100,000 (US$157,000) each by phonepayplus, the UK regulator of premium rate telephone services (PRS). more
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PhonepayPlus publishes consultation on app-based mobile payments
The UK regulator of premium rate telephone services has started a public consultation on its proposed Guidance for app-based mobile payments. more
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Mobiles Top UK Premium Rate Services Complaint Chart
The UK's regulator of premium rate telephone services, phonepayplus has said that complaints from consumers fell by three-quarters over a two-year period, but complaints about mobile phone based services still top the chart. phonepayplus said that it received a total of 6,058 complaints in 2010. more
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UK's Advertising Standards Authority and PhonepayPlus Sign Agreement
The UK's regulator of premium rated phone services, phonepayplus and the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) have signed a co-operation agreement to formalise an agreed procedure for handling complaints, and improve the exchange of information to assist each organisation in fulfilling its regulatory responsibilities. more
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Fewer Complaints About Mobile Content Services in the UK
The UK has seen a 62% drop in complaints about premium rated mobile phone services over the past year, reports the industry regulator, phonepayplus. This is on the same day that the EU published an update on the success of its 2008 Europe-wide clampdown on misleading websites offering mobile phone services, such as ringtones and wallpapers. more
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Premium SMS Scratchcard Vendor Fined for Misleading Promotions
The UK's premium rate telephony regulator, phonepayplus has slapped a £100,000 fine on a company that used scratchcards to promote a premium SMS service. Abstract Games (trading as Mediaprom) has also been barred from providing or operating any scratchcard services for six months, except those for which compliance advice has been sought and implemented to phonepayplus' satisfaction. more
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