HDPA (Greece) - 37/2020
| HDPA - HDPA-37/2020 | |
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| Authority: | HDPA (Greece) |
| Jurisdiction: | Greece |
| Relevant Law: | Article 4(7) GDPR Article 11 L. 3471/2006 |
| Type: | Complaint |
| Outcome: | Upheld |
| Started: | |
| Decided: | |
| Published: | 02.10.2020 |
| Fine: | 1000 EUR |
| Parties: | n/a |
| National Case Number/Name: | HDPA-37/2020 |
| European Case Law Identifier: | n/a |
| Appeal: | Unknown |
| Original Language(s): | Greek |
| Original Source: | HDPA (in EL) |
| Initial Contributor: | Antigoni Logotheti |
The HDPA fined politician €1.000 for unsolicited political communication without consent or any other legal basis according to the national provisions on unsolicited communications.
English Summary
Facts
Individual submitted a complaint on unsolicited political communications (SMS) he received by politician to whom he had no previous connection/relation.
Dispute
Holding
The HDPA found that the politician acts as data controller for this communication and that he did not obtain the recipient's consent. However, the politician provided and satisfied the rights of access and objection.
The HDPA upheld the complaint and imposed the proportionate fine of EUR 1000.
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English Machine Translation of the Decision
The decision below is a machine translation of the Greek original. Please refer to the Greek original for more details.
