PTC cleared of breaking the personal data protection law

The latter claimed that the operator demanded too detailed information when signing contracts with customers. Data included the image of the customer, former addresses, data of the customers' children, and insurance information. If the customer declined from revealing the facts the operator declined from signing a contract. Due to the wide scope of the data, GIODO refused to register the database of Era subscribers as required by law. When PTC turned to the court, it won its case in a precedent judgment that collecting data about customers by telecom firms cannot be regarded as violation of the personal data protection law. "We need the information so that if we have to we can collect unpaid liabilities. We have 130,000 subscribers who do not pay their bills and cannot be identified," said PTC proxy, Marek Wierzbowski. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 8) A.K.