HDPA (Greece) - 37/2020

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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.