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, 5Α 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)
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Table C – Legislation regarding issues of intellectual property and (electronic) commerce
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Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works |
TRIPS: Agreement on intellectual property rights in the commercial plane |
World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms Treaty |
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Directives 2001/84/EC and 2004/48/EC |
Directives 2011/77/EU and 2012/28/EU |
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) | |||
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 |