Energy companies draw €7m in Italian privacy fines over ‘reliability score’ | MLex
( July 22, 2026, 13:17 GMT | Official Statement) — MLex Summary: The Italian privacy watchdog has issued four fines totaling €7.72 million to companies using an automated scoring system that decided whether potential customers would get a gas or electricity contract based on reliability. The method for calculating that score was unclear, violating principles of transparency, information to data subjects, and data retention. Provider Hera Comm was fined €5.8 million and EstEnergy was fined €1.4 million, while the companies responsible for providing the data for the score, Cerved Group and Experian Italian, were fined €400,000 and €120,0000 respectively.Statement and fines are attached (in Italian)….
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