This section was last updated on 30/04/2018.

 

Table Α – Human Rights in the Digital Age

RIGHT GREEK CONSTITUTION CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Right to Privacy Articles  9, 19 and 21 Article 7 Article 8
Right to the Protection of Personal Data Article 9Α Article 8 Article 8
Freedom of expression and information Articles 5, and 14 Article 11 Article 10
Right to Property Article 17 Article 17 Article 1 ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL Α’
Prohibition of Discrimination Article 4 Article 21 Article 14
Right to effective judicial remedy and fair trial Article 8 Article 47 Article 6

 

 

Table Β – Legislative acts in national, European and international level regarding the right to Personal Data Protection and the right to Privacy

SCOPE EU LAW INTERNATIONAL LAW NATIONAL LAW
Processing of Personal Data by natural or legal person, or public authority, (excluding the objective of prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of crimes or the enforcement of criminal penalties) Directive 1995/46/EC In replaced on 25.05.2018 by Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) Convention 108 of the Council of Europe and its additional protocol Law 2472/1997Draft Bill regarding the incorporation of Regulation 2016/679 (available only in Greek)
Processing of Personal Data by the competent authorities for the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of crimes or the execution of criminal penalties Directive 2016/680 EU Replaces on 06.05.2018 the Council Framework decision 2008/977/JHA. As above Law 2472/1997Draft Bill regarding the implementation of Directive 2016/680/EU (available only in Greek)
Processing of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data for the purposes of preventing, detecting, investigating and prosecuting terrorist offences and serious crime Directive 2016/681/EU As above Draft Bill for the implementation of Directive 2016/681/ΕU (available only in Greek)
Processing of Personal Data by EU bodies and institutions Regulation (EC) 45/2001 As above
Processing of Personal Data in the electronic communications sector Directive 2002/58/ΕC As above Law 3471/2006Law 3431/2006

Law 3674/2008

Law 3783/2009

Law 3917/2011 (available only in Greek)

Law 4070/2012 (available only in Greek)

 

 

 

Table C – Legislation regarding issues of intellectual property and (electronic) commerce

 

International Conventions and national laws with which Greece has ratified them

Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

Law 100/1975

TRIPS: Agreement on intellectual property rights in the commercial plane

Law 2290/1995 (available only in Greek)

World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms Treaty

 Law 3183/2003

World Intellectual Property Organization Copyrights Treaty

Law 3184/2003

European Legislation and national laws with which Greece has ratified them

Directives

2001/84/EC and 2004/48/EC 

Law 3524/2007

Directives

2011/77/EU and 2012/28/EU 

Law 4212/2013

Directive 2009/24/EU Directive 2006/115/EC
Directive 96/6/EC Directive 2001/29/EC Directive 2014/26/EU Law 4481/2017 Directive 1564/2017 EU
Directive 2000/31/EC , the pertinent Presidential Decree 131, and the latest amendments to Law 4481/217 by Law 4531/2018 (available only in Greek)

Directive 2011/83/EU

Law 2121/1993 with its latest update by Law 4531/2018

 

 

Table D – Legislation regarding cybercrime

International Law European Law National Law
Budapest Convention on Cybercrime Directive 2013/40/EU Law 4411/2016 (available only in Greek)
Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention Penal Code Provisions
Directive 2016/1148 EU

 

Table Ε – Independent Authorities and National Monitoring Organizations (Institutional Framework and/or Website might be available only in Greek)

Confidentiality of Telecommunications Authority Institutional Framework Website 
Personal Data Protection Authority Institutional Framework Website
National Committee for Telecommunications and Posts Institutional Framework Website
National Radio & Television Council Institutional Framework Website  
 General Secretariat for Consumer Protection Institutional Framework Website 
 Consumer Ombudsman Institutional Framework Website  
 Greek Ombudsman Institutional Framework Website 
Intellectual Property Organization Institutional Framework Website
Industrial Property Organization Institutional Framework Website