The authority, with the decision n. 19/2021, has examined a claim against a candidate to political election of July 2019 on political communications which were not requests during the electoral period of the elections, as well as the general practice followed by the complainant on political communication by email without a human intervention.
By keeping in mind the article 11 of the Law n. 3471/2006, the Directive 1/2010 of the Authority on political communication, guidelines of the Authority of the personal data processing for political communications purposes and the General Data Protection Regulation n. 2016/679 on the natural persons protection with reference to personal data processing, the Authority has imposed a sanction of 2.000 euros for established breaches of the article 11 of the Law n. 3471/2006.
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