Greece

Member of the European Parliament

40,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) on 2024-05-27.

Rank · Sector

#76

of 356 in Public Sector and Education

Rank · Greece

#22

of 93

Rank · All fines

#829

of 3,042

Case details

Authority: Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA)
Date: 2024-05-27
Controller / Processor: Member of the European Parliament
Sector: Public Sector and Education
Quoted Articles: Art. 5 (1) a) GDPR, Art. 6 (1) GDPR, Art. 14 GDPR
Type of violation: Insufficient legal basis for data processing

Summary

The Hellenic DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 40,000 on a Member of the European Parliament. The fine was imposed due to their misuse of email addresses, leaked from the voter registry of Greek expatriates by the Ministry of the Interior, to send unsolicited political communications.

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