Guidelines 1/2021 of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) with examples of personal data breach notification (Guidelines 1/2021) approach this issue for the first time in such a practical way. The Guidelines were published in January 2021, were put to public consultation until March...
Data Protection Officer (DPO): key position in the public and private sector for the correct and full implementation of the legal framework for the protection of personal data. According to the GDPR, some controllers and processors are required to designate a DPO. In short, this obligation applies...
In accordance with decision No. 12/2021, published on April 7, the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) imposed on a company a fine of 2,000 euros for illegal camera operation against employees. The video surveillance system did not have a recorder, but transmitted image to the mobile phone of the owner of the company...
The issue of handling the professional e-mail address of an employee, especially after his departure, remains at the forefront of the daily news, with a series of supervisory authorities' decisions. The practice that seems to be adopted very often by companies is the automatic forwarding of emails of the former employee - and sometimes of the current -...
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...
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...