Pediatrician

What happened

A physician denied to give any information about a child to his father and identified the mother as the only person entitled to receive such information. It was only after the HPDA intervention that the physician accepted to give access to the requested data by depositing to her lawyer, located at Chalkida city, a sealed envelope with copies of the medical exams. HDPA accepted that the physician violated also art. 12 par. 1 GDPR obligation to facilitate the exercise of applicant’s right of access by imposing as the unique way of access the obligation to travel from Athens to Chalkida city (80 Km distance) during the covid19 lock down when traveling was forbidden.The fact that the applicant couldn’t reach Chalkida city due to the covid19 restrictions should not be interpreted as a resignation from his right of access as argued by the physician.

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Rules involved

• Art. 12Transparent information, communication and modalities for the exercise of the rights of the data subject12(1)Read →
• Art. 15Right of access by the data subject15(1)Read →

• Data subject rights
• Transparency