ITALY—Telecommunication companies must inform subscribers
Published
Contributors:
Rocco Panetta
CIPP/E
Country Leader, Italy, IAPP; Managing Partner, PANETTA Law Firm; Chairman
PTP Privacy Tech Professionals
The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) has mandated that telecommunication companies must inform old and new subscribers about how they can stop receiving advertising phone calls.
New telemarketing regulations provide subscribers with the right to register their line in the “Registro delle Opposizioni”—a sort of Robinson’s List—which became operative on February 1.
The Garante has provided telecommunications companies with information on how they must communicate this to customers. There are five ways for customers to add their private lines into the registry—by mail, toll-free telephone, e-mail, fax or via the Fondazione Bordoni’s Web site.
Companies that fail to comply with the Data Protection Authority’s regulation will be subject to sanctions, including a minimum 30,000 euro fine and up to a maximum fine of 180,000 euro, which could increase, in the most serious cases, to 300,000 euros.
New telemarketing regulations provide subscribers with the right to register their line in the “Registro delle Opposizioni”—a sort of Robinson’s List—which became operative on February 1.
The Garante has provided telecommunications companies with information on how they must communicate this to customers. There are five ways for customers to add their private lines into the registry—by mail, toll-free telephone, e-mail, fax or via the Fondazione Bordoni’s Web site.
Companies that fail to comply with the Data Protection Authority’s regulation will be subject to sanctions, including a minimum 30,000 euro fine and up to a maximum fine of 180,000 euro, which could increase, in the most serious cases, to 300,000 euros.
Contributors:
Rocco Panetta
CIPP/E
Country Leader, Italy, IAPP; Managing Partner, PANETTA Law Firm; Chairman
PTP Privacy Tech Professionals
