IT In Brief: TP SA accused of misusing information; Betacom; Police IT tender

TP SA has rejected the accusations of the Personal Data Protection Authority (GIODO) that it was misusing information on its clients who were not paying their bills. "Everyone was aware that the debt would be sold," said Jakub Kłoczewiak from the TP SA. Another accusation concerns its cooperation with unknown debt collecting firm. "It is hard to comment on this information. We are listed in Stockholm," said Grzegorz Dmowski, president of Intrum Justitia cooperating with the telecom company. (Parkiet, p. 4) ... Investors who purchased the stock of IT company Betacom in February have seen their shares in the venture slide 20% in value. Representatives of the firm argue that this is due to the falling prices of IT companies in general, rather than the situation of the company. (Parkiet, p. 6) ... Unexpectedly, the police has moved forward to September its tender worth zł.60 million for constructing its IT logistics support system. According to Puls Biznesu sources, the specifications favored one of the potential participants and the budget of the police did not exceed zł.20 million. (Puls Biznesu, p. 6) M.M.