A few days ago, the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection of Cyprus presented to the President of the Republic the Report of her Office in 2019. The Report includes activities of the Commisioner's Office with great interest in the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation, also known as GDPR, which is the spine...
Following the recent penal complaints against sex offenders, the violence in Athens, the public announcements and the posting of videos on the internet, the issue of the processing of personal data in the context of "journalism" is rapidly returning to the forefront. The latter for the needs of this informative article means lato sensu...
On 28.01.2021, the European Data Protection Day was celebrated for the 15th time. Its introduction by the Council of Ministers of the Council of Europe, since 2007, aims to inform and raise public awareness on relevant issues. In order to celebrate this day and the purpose it serves, the 15 largest...
The approach of the decisions published on the website of the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) for the year 2020 is characterized by an impressive finding. Illegal political communication prevails. Of the approximately 50 decisions that have been posted for the past year, 25 concern illegal political marketing...
The eternal problem when an employee leaves: what do we do with his professional / corporate email address? Sometimes companies choose to keep the professional email address for a long time, despite the departure of the employee, in order to have access to any new incoming messages...
On October 5, 2020, the Draft Code of Conduct for the processing of personal data by lawyers, law firms and bar associations (Draft Code) was put up for public consultation, following a decision of the Coordinating Committee of the Plenary Meeting of the Presidents of Greek Bar Associations. The purpose of the Draft Code is to adapt and specify the rules...
Almost 2 months ago, a long-standing issue in the field of personal data protection in our country came to an end. The Greek state proceeded to place perhaps the most important piece in the mosaic of the regulatory framework for the use of surveillance systems by capturing or recording sound or video in public spaces...
The title of Edward Snowden's book “The Permanent Record”, is reminiscent of a recent case of illegal processing of employees' personal data. It concerns a hefty fine of around EUR 35,3 million imposed a few days ago by the Hamburg Personal Data Protection Authority on a large Swedish, multinational clothing retailer. The company illegally carried out an extensive “record keeping” of the private life of many of its employees...
A plethora of infringements have been uncovered in the field of political communication via spam emails and short text messages (SMS). Compliance with the rules is not strictly adhered to, despite the continuous strengthening of the legal framework for the protection of personal data and the consequent, increased awareness of the citizens. This is inferred from the seven recent decisions published by...
The great challenge of the coronavirus pandemic -COVID19 in international terminology-, which continues to affect humanity as a whole, is bringing about rapid changes in our way of life to date. Established behavior and attitudes of decades changed overnight in the effort to successfully manage the crisis. In the labor sector...