Asimakopoulou states email data came from ND party official

A New Democracy MEP who earlier this month said she would not be contesting in the upcoming European Parliament elections following allegations that she violated data protection regulations by sending a mass email to Greek voters living overseas has said that she received the email addresses from a party colleague in late January 2024.

Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou said the email addresses came in digital format from New Democracy's secretary for diaspora affairs, Nikos Theodoropoulos, who was sacked from his post in the wake of the controversy.

In a fresh email to overseas voters, Asimakopoulou said the data related to 2023 parliamentary elections and included voter serial number; gender; first and last name; father and mother's name; spouse's name; date, city and country of birth; and voting address, postal and electronic addresses.

The data did not include tax...