Privacy

There's been a rise in homophobic attacks in recent months, such as those in downtown Athens' Zappeio, Pedion tou Areos and Kerameikos. These tend to start with insults hurled from a distance, followed by an ambush in a secluded corner. They are also invariably carried out by more than one person.

In every European country, compliance with the traffic code is now carried out with cameras. Surveillance devices have also been shown to contribute to the reduction of crime. 

I wonder whether the National Council for Radio and Television (ESR) really thought about its decision to summon the trappers Snik, Toquel and Rack over their lyrics, which the watchdog described as being "steeped in hate and images of violence"?

First scene: Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni, wearing black sunglasses, arrives in front of the Evelpidon courthouse. "I ask you to respect my privacy. I have two 3-year-old children, I am only here to shake their hands," she says. Her voice cracks. A few days earlier, she had issued a statement about a crisis in her marriage. She asked for "respect for her privacy."

We don't know who leaked the 15-page document listing the assets of former SYRIZA chief Stefanos Kasselakis, which was published by the Efimerida ton Syntakton newspaper on Tuesday. We're also having trouble understanding the reaction of Manolis Kapnisakis, the director of the ex-party leader's office.

Telegram will provide authorities with users' personal data, such as IP addresses and phone numbers, if they are involved in illegal activities and upon receiving a "valid legal request." This was confirmed by Pavel Durov, co-founder and CEO of Telegram, in a post on his channel.

The messaging app Telegram will forward to law enforcement authorities the IP addresses and phone numbers of users who violate Telegram’s usage rules, i.e. use the platform to break the law.

A group of companies including Meta and Spotify blasted the European Union yesterday for its "fragmented and inconsistent" decision-making on data privacy and artificial intelligence (AI).

The firms along with several researchers and industry bodies signed an open letter claiming that Europe was already becoming less competitive and risked falling further behind in the age of AI.

DNA taken by British police has revealed the identity of a man behind a plantation of almost 1,800 cannabis plants in Greece that was found 16 years ago.

In September 2008, a Greek police helicopter spotted the planation near the village of Monastiri in Messinia in the southwestern Peloponnese.

Our personal data has become a valuable commodity in the digital age, and the need for robust data privacy and security measures has never been more pressing. As our lives increasingly revolve around technology, the amount of sensitive information we share with various online platforms and services has skyrocketed.