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Greece has complied
with all European Union provisions covering protection of privacy. There
exists no censorship in the Internet.
In Greece, protection
of privacy was (and is) considered a very important issue. In 1997, the
Authority for the Protection of Data of Personal Character (A.P.D.P.X.)
was formed by the Hellenic Government, in order to supervise matters of
privacy. In accordance to the Schengen Treaty (the European Union legislation
covering several matters in regards to movement of people within the EU),
all entities that possess personal data of their clients (or people who
come into contact with them in any way) have to publicly announce (and
in particular to their clients) the nature of the data they keep on them.
Furthermore, forwarding or selling this data to any other person or entity
in any way is a crime.
There is no censorship
of the Internet or of broadcasting. Certain limitations do exist on when
the crime of "defamation by acts or words" has been considered as committed.
Yet, no measure can be taken before a broadcast is made (one certain exception
exists: defamation of the President of the Hellenic Republic; yet, there
has been no such case ever recorded, or, at least where this law was ever
invoked).