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Fine for Greek company

Data breach and fine for Greek company

Date: 07.10.2019

Responsible body: Telecommunications operator 'OTE'.

Type of data breach: Unsolicited commercial calls from third parties

The Greek data protection authority has imposed a fine of EUR 200 000 on the telecommunications operator 'OTE' a Greek company. Customers of the company filed a complaint because they received unsolicited calls from third party companies promoting products and services. The Greek Data Protection Authority found violations of Article 25 as well as Article 5 and subsequently levied the fine.

Categories of data concerned: Telephone numbers, surname, first name

Fines: 200,000 euros

Country: Greece

Source: European Data Protection Board (edpb)

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