Global Guide to Data Breach Notification
Global Guide to Data Breach Notification – Greece
Global Guide to Data Breach Notifications
Under Law 2472 /1997 (which is the general law regarding the protection of personal data in Greece), in the event of a data breach, there is no legal obligation or requirement to notify either the affected individuals or the DPA.
Guide to International Share Plans
This Guide is designed to summarise the main legal and tax issues arising on the operation of employee share plans in a number of key jurisdictions across the globe. It has been prepared with the assistance of Clifford Chance colleagues in Amsterdam, Beijing, Brussels, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, New York, Paris, Prague, Shanghai and Warsaw.
Global Guide to Whistle-Blowing Programs
Greece has no specific whistleblower protection laws in place. However, since whistleblowing programs rely in the vast majority of cases on the processing of personal data, the rules and principles of the Act Regarding Protection of Individuals with Regard to the Processing of Personal Data applies to whistleblowing programs.
Greek Law and Jurisprudence on Infringements of Personal Privacy & Personality Rights
Article 9 par. 1 of the Greek Constitution provides that: “The private and family life of the individual is inviolable”. Article 8 par. 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights, as enacted into Greek Law by Law 53/1974, provides that: “Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence”.