article_snippet.sent: George Kidd, the chief commissioner, said: ‘The allegations in the Daily Mail are serious.
article_snippet.sent: both companies are already at the centre of a major probe by the Information Commissioner’s Office, which said the sale of such details was ‘on the face of it, a very serious breach of the Data Protection Act’.
article_snippet.sent: One, Gareth Doran, boasted:
article_snippet.sent: The announcement follows calls – led by David Cameron – for a clampdown on companies found guilty of selling personal data without consent.
article_snippet.sent: The Prime Minister suggested on Monday night that the law would be tightened if loopholes were being exploited by unscrupulous cold callers.
highlights_snippet.sent: breached rules on the sale of private data .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Chief commissioner described allegations made about firms as 'serious' 