TIM Italian Telecom Company fined for 27.8 M against GDPR Violations

TIM is formerly known as Telecom Italia Mobile is an one of the largest Italian telecommunications company owned by one and only Gruppo TIM. In 1995 the company came into existence.  It providing brand of mobile, fixed telephony as well as the internet services.

How did TIM got fined?

The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) penalized TIM an Italian Telecommunication company on 1st February with the penalty of $27.8 Million for violating the several unlawful market data processing practices.

Garante noticed that TIM processed different types of unwanted advertising phone calls without taking any consent of the higher authorities. But most of the consumers refused to receive these type of advertising calls. It didn't activated the specific verification procedure required to follow under the Public register of opposition. The individuals were fed up by these type of promotional and advertising calls. The misuse of data of both customer and non-customer placed. The data being abused by the name, address, phone numbers of the customers and the non-customers.

The complainants who raised a complain against TIM, they told that they use to receive 155 times promotional calls a month. This is regarded as a failure from the point of view of TIM's behalf in terms of properly handling the opt-ins for the promotional calls that were set up by the company.

The Italian Data Protection Authority: Who are we

Additionally, to protect the fundamental rights and freedom The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) is an independent authority. Its conncted with the processing of personal data, and to ensure respect for individuals' dignity. In 1997 the DPA set up. Then the former Data Protection Act came into force.

They committed to ensure that, in all public and private sectors, data processed as required by the