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Cashback Autostrade: starting in August, here’s how to get a toll refund through the Free to X App

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Roberto Tomasi, CEO of Aspi, from the pages of Il Sole 24 Ore confirms the imminent start of Autostrade’s cashback, i.e. a refund of the toll, on which the motorway company has already discussed with Mims, the Ministry of Infrastructure and sustainable mobility, and the Antitrust.

If the modernization works along the network create inconvenience, reimbursements will be triggered to users for the inconvenience caused by construction sites on the motorway. “We must be sure that this is a direct mechanism” underlines Tomasi. “At the heart of this mechanism is the objective measurement of travel time along the routes. Thanks to the Free to X app, soon available, motorists will be able to access a toll refund based on the actual travel time of their itinerary, where significantly higher than the averages for the period “. For this project, in the economic-financial plan of Aspi, 250 million euros have been foreseen.

The app will be launched on an experimental basis and free for refunds in August and will be tested with about 10 thousand users to improve it. The service will be available to everyone by the end of the summer.

The consumer association Assoutenti believes that it is a ‘convoluted mechanism’ that risks violating the privacy of motorists, and therefore being blocked by the Guarantor for the protection of personal data. This was stated by Assoutenti, commenting on the announcement of the CEO of Autostrade per l’Italia, Roberto Tomasi, concerning the reimbursement of tolls.

“Cashback comes when millions of Italians have already moved through the country’s motorways, remaining blocked by works and construction sites, and its application is therefore late – explains President Furio Truzzi – There is also the issue of the privacy of motorists who The “Free to X” app used by Aspi for refunds could violate. Those who intend to obtain compensation for having been involved in motorway disruptions will in fact have to provide all their data to the App in question, sensitive information also for the purpose of tracking citizens’ movements. Today 62% of motorway users pay tolls through Telepass, 23% with credit cards and only 15% in cash. This means that 85% of motorists could automatically obtain the reimbursement due, without submitting any request and without having to transfer their sensitive data to third parties ”- adds Truzzi.

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“Finally, it is serious that Autostrade per l’Italia did not involve users and the Privacy Guarantor in the consultation on the” Cashback “of tolls, thus preventing end users of the motorway network from making a concrete contribution to the service and overcoming the criticalities of reimbursements ”- concludes the president of Assoutenti.

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