Candidate for parliamentary elections
2,000 €
GDPR enforcement action by Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) on 2021-04-16.
Rank · Sector
#310
of 357 in Public Sector and Education
Rank · Greece
#83
of 93
Rank · All fines
#2,253
of 3,050
Case details
- Authority
- Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA)
- Date
- 2021-04-16
- Controller / Processor
- Candidate for parliamentary elections
- Sector
- Public Sector and Education
- Quoted Articles
- Art. 15 GDPR, Art. 11 Law 3471/2006
- Type of violation
- Insufficient fulfilment of data subjects rights
Summary
The Greek DPA (HDPA) has fined a parliamentary candidate EUR 2,000. The data subject had received a call from the controller on her private mobile number prior to the Greek parliamentary elections in July 2019. The call was made for the purpose of promoting the controller's candidacy. The data subject's inquiries regarding the use of her personal data were answered by the controller in a contradictory manner.
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