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Data Protection – GDPR
14
Jun

Nicolas Kanellopoulos participated as a speaker, at the 8th Data Privacy & Protection Conference, held on Wednesday May 31 2023 by Boussias.

Nicolas Kanellopoulos participated as a speaker, at the 8th Data Privacy & Protection Conference, held with great success on Wednesday May 31 2023, and shared his thoughts on how Artificial Intelligence affects Data Privacy. Amongst other, he mentioned ,”In order to achieve a balance between artificial intelligence and personal data protection, the cooperation of all stakeholders at national, EU and international level is necessary. The aim of this cooperation should be to establish a comprehensive framework for the development of AI applications, to establish policies and guidelines to safeguard the rights...
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17
Feb

Ira Chioni , Partner of “Nicolas Kanellopoulos- Chara Zerva & Associates Law Firm ” at the 2nd LAW FORUM ON DATA PROTECTION. (Caravel 15 February 2023)

Participation of Ira-Maria Chioni , Partner of “Nicolas Kanellopoulos- Chara Zerva & Associates Law Firm ” as a speaker at the 2nd LAW FORUM ON DATA PROTECTION organized by Cleon Conferences Communications, on the topic “Health data and connected devices for preventive medicine purposes” (15 February 2023) In her presentation, she presented the latest developments at the EU legislative level regarding the use of devices and information systems in the health sector, as well as the concerns that such use raises from a data privacy and information security perspective, as well as...
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08
Feb

Silver award for our Data Protection & Privacy Team at the Business Law Awards.

For the second year running, our Law Firm received the silver award  for Data Protection & Privacy Team, at the category “Law Firms / TMT, Privacy & Data Protection Team”, at the Business Law Awards ceremony which was held on Thursday 02/02/2023. The jury panel told about us : “ the specific law firm, both with the specialization of its members in the GDPR, and with the continuous training in the specific field, has acquired an identity and has established its place in this particular sector”, “”I was very positively impressed by...
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04
Jan

Article by lawyer Stergios Konstantinou, on the website of the Athens Chamber of Commerce, entitled “AI Act – Counsil of the EU amendments” (www.eea.gr, 3 January 2023)

Στις 6 Δεκεμβρίου 2022, το Συμβούλιο της ΕΕ (εφεξής το «Συμβούλιο) προχώρησε σε τροποποιήσεις επί του Κανονισμού για την τεχνητή νοημοσύνη (AI Act). Η γενική προσέγγιση του Συμβουλίου ολοκληρώνει μήνες εσωτερικών διαπραγματεύσεων και προσφέρει σε γενικές γραμμές μια πιο φιλική προς τις επιχειρήσεις προσέγγιση του AI Act σε σχέση με την πρόταση της Ευρωπαϊκής Επιτροπής. Ο ορισμός του συστήματος Τεχνητής Νοημοσύνης και το πεδίο εφαρμογής AI Act περιορίζονται ελαφρώς και προστίθεται ένα συμπληρωματικό κριτήριο στον ορισμό της «υψηλού κινδύνου» ΤΝ, έτσι ώστε να εξαιρούνται τα συστήματα που διαφορετικά θα ήταν...
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30
Sep

Mr. Nicolas Kanellopoulos, Managing Partner and Mr Stergios Konstantinou, Senior Associate of our law firm participated at the conference held by the Foundation for Pastoral Education (RPF), entitled “GDPR and Cybersecurity”. (September 30th, 2022)

The conference “GDPR and Cybersecurity”, of the Foundation for Pastoral Education (RPF), in the presence of Archbishop Ieronymos, was successfully held today. Our law firm was represented by the Managing Partner Mr. Nicolas Kanellopoulos, who addressed a greeting pointing out the importance of these initiatives by the RPF and the Senior Associate Stergios Konstantinou, who gave a general overview of the GDPR and the obligations generated. The Cybercrime Prosecution Directorate, of the Hellenic Police, also participated in the workshop, through its commander Mr. Vassilios Papakostas, who presented the main challenges in the...
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11
Jul

Nikolas Kanellopoulos participated as a speaker at the 7th Data Privacy & Protection Conference.

Nikolas Kanellopoulos participated as a speaker at the 7th Data Privacy & Protection Conference which was held with great success on Tuesday 5 July 2022 by Boussias Communications. His presentation, entitled “Data Protection in the Public Sector: A Lost Battle or a Great Opportunity?”, focused on the measures the public sector has to take in order to comply with the EU & Hellenic regulatory framework of data protection.
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04
Jan

Design and development of the Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) in the context of the lawful and safe operation of the driver’s license renewal platform.

In the context of the lawful and safe operation of the driver’s license renewal platform, our Law Firm carried out the design and development of the Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) of the processing operations the platform conducts. During the DPIA, our Firm provided recommendations and instructions regarding: (a) an assessment of the necessity and proportionality of the processing operations in relation to the purposes; (b) the assessment of risks related to citizens’ rights and freedoms; (c) the technical and organisational measures to address the risks, including safeguards, security measures...
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15
Nov

Political communication according to the GDPR.

Our Law Firm represented a politician in the context of the investigation of the Hellenic DPA complaint on political communication issues. With great pleasure for us, the Hellenic DPA, accepted our claims according to which, the electronic communication made by the complainant to telephone numbers of people with whom he had personal contact concerned wishes, in the midst of the difficult period of the pandemic. Therefore this type of communication does not comply with the concept of “political communication” as provided for in the EU and national framework for the...
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09
Nov

Article by lawyers Christina Kampisiouli and Ira Chioni, on the website of the Athens Chamber of Commerce, entitled ” Personal data protection issues in the context of taking preventive measures against Covid-19″ (www.eea.gr, 20 October 2021)

Από την έναρξη της πανδημίας Covid-19, οι επιχειρήσεις βρέθηκαν αντιμέτωπες με πρωτόγνωρες συνθήκες, αλλάζοντας, σε πολλές περιπτώσεις, τον τρόπο λειτουργίας και εσωτερικής οργάνωσής τους. Ένα από τα ζητήματα που ανέκυψε ήδη από την αρχή της πανδημίας ήταν η ανάγκη προστασίας της υγείας των εργαζομένων κατά την εκτέλεση της εργασίας τους, στο πλαίσιο της γενικότερης διασφάλισης της δημόσιας υγείας. Έκτοτε έχει ληφθεί σε εθνικό επίπεδο μία πληθώρα νομοθετικών μέτρων, τα οποία έχουν ως κύριο άξονα την προστασία του δημοσίου συμφέροντος στον τομέα προστασίας της δημόσιας υγείας. Τα μέτρα αυτά αφορούν τόσο...
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