Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) · 21 July 2025
Hestia Publishers & Booksellers I. D. Kollaros & Co. S.A.
Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security
Fine€9,000Fine issued
- Regulator
- Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA)
- Decided
- 21 July 2025
- Country
- Greece
- Sector
- Industry and Commerce
- Regulator’s reference
- Not recorded
- Fino case number
- 2025/GR/007
What happened
The DPA fined a publishing house €9,000 for revealing the real name and the gender identity of an author who published books using a pseudonym. The DPA found that the controller failed to implement appropriate security measures.
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Rules involved
- Art. 5Principles relating to processing of personal data5(1)(f)Read →
- Art. 25Data protection by design and by default25(1)Read →
- Art. 32Security of processing32(1)Read →
- Art. 33Notification of a personal data breach to the supervisory authority33(1)Read →
- Art. 34Communication of a personal data breach to the data subject34(1)Read →
- Accountability
- Data breach
- Data principles
- Data security
Sources
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