The adoption of the Presidential Decree 31/2019 (hereinafter β€Presidential Decreeβ€) brought about the establishment of the Hellenic Academy of Industrial Property, as a separate service of the Hellenic Industrial Property Organization, seated in Athens and enjoying administrative and financial autonomy.
The long-awaited Greek law with no. 4624/2019 β€on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data into Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 and the transposition into national law of Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016β€ has been published on 29.8.2019 in the Government Gazette (A 137/29.8.2019); It repeals the former law no. 2472/1997 harmonizing the Greek legislation with Directive 95/46/EC and today it constitutes the basic national legal framework on personal data protection in Greece along with the GDPR.
A public online consultation has been launched over the Legislative Initiative of the Ministry of Justice introducing provisions on the Hellenic Data Protection Authority, the adaptation of Greek law on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data into Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament
The Hellenic DPA issued on 26.7.2019 its first GDPR fine against the company β€PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS BUSINESS SOLUTIONS SAβ€ (PWC BS) for breach of art. 5 par 1 & 2, and art. 6 par 1 (a) of GDPR amounting to 150.000€ and accompanied with other corrective measures (Decision no. 26/2019).
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As from 15.2.2016, consumers located in all Member States, including Greece, could make use of the new Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) procedure and platform, introduced with the Regulation (EU) 524/2013.
