HADPP – Hellenic Association of Data Protection & Privacy

Greece

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About

The Hellenic Association for Data Protection and Privacy (HADPP) was formed in March 2017 and it’s the biggest Data Protection NGO in Greece.

HADPP is formed by privacy professionals (not necessarily DPOs) mainly with a legal or IT background, and aims to raise public awareness on potential risks, to acknowledge vulnerabilities and help improve business response and standards to data protection through multidisciplinary practice and collaborative information. So the HADPP follow a hands-on approach by both advising and also making practical suggestions, especially on upcoming legal framework (GDPR, DPOs, PIAs, PETs, ePrivacy, accountability etc.).

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Key Facts

Chairman
Spiros Tassis

Members
60 regular members and around 20 academics in the scientific committee

Year of incorporation
2017

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Objectives

Raise public awarenss
Acknowledge vulnerabilities
Improve business response
Multidisciplinary practice

Our News

Illegal Video Recording of a Surgical Procedure

Sep 26, 2023

The Supreme Penal Court of Greece verified the conviction of a medical surgeon for illegal video recording of a surgical procedure.

New Book on AI Released by Authors from Greek EFDPO Member Association

Feb 10, 2023

Five Greek lawyers - four of them are members of our member association HADPP - wrote a new book on AI that has just been published by Πανεπιστημιακές Εκδόσεις Κρήτης (Crete University Press)! The book analyzes the esential issues of whether artificial...

A unified framework for emerging technologies in Greece

Nov 9, 2022

Greek Law 4961/2022 entitled “Emerging IT and communications technologies, strengthening digital governance and other provisions” was published in the Government Gazette (Government Gazette A’/146/27-07-2022) and creates one of the first unified frameworks on emerging technologies within the EU.

Clearview AI: Hellenic DPA demands 20 million euro fine

Aug 22, 2022

With the decision Nr. 35/2022 the Hellenic DPA imposed a fine of 20 million euros on Clearview AI Inc following the examination of a complaint lodged by the civil non-profit organization “Homo Digitalis” on behalf of a complainant, who claimed that the above mentioned company violated her right of access to personal data.