Προστασία του ιδιωτικού βίου και Ανεξάρτητες Αρχές στο πλαίσιο του ελληνικού συντάγματος (άρθρα 9Α και 19 Σ)

Βολάκη, Αλεξάνδρα

Master Thesis

Author

Βολάκη, Αλεξάνδρα

Date

2024-11

Abstract

In light of recent rapid technological progress and use of new technologies, data collection and processing as well as contemporary ways of communication and surveillance software have undoubtedly posed new challenges to data protection and to communication privacyrespectively. These developments make it clear that the individual's privacy is at risk, therefore, protection and safeguarding measures should be implemented. This research essay focuses on the protection of privacy and the competent Independent Authorities in the context of the Greek Constitution. In particular, it analyses the right to privacy, its content and limitations as explicitly guaranteed in Article 9 of the Greek Constitution, while, at the same time, a conceptual approach is also attempted.Moreover, extensive reference is made to two more specific aspects of this right, in particular, personal data protection and the right to privacy of communications, as provided for in Articles 9 A and 19 of the Greek Constitution, respectively. More specifically, the scope of protection of these two aspects, their content, their meaning, their nature, their limitationsand, in general, their essential characteristics are meticulously reviewed. Certainly, both the right to privacy and the above two aspects are examined on the basis of Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. Furthermore, the second part of this research essay deals with the presence of the Independent Authorities in the Greek legal order and with the role in protecting and safeguarding fundamental rights, which are threatened by rapid technological development. In particular, two of the constitutionally enshrined Independent Authorities, namely the Independent Authority for the Protection of Personal Data and the Independent Authority for the Protection of Privacy of Communications, are analyzed, whereby, the former guarantees the protection of the individual from the processing of personal data, while the latter guarantees the privacy of communications. In this context, reference is made to the constitutional and legislative protection of those Independent Authorities, their powers and the guarantees which they provide to individual fundamental rights, through independence of their members. In view of competence issues and conflict of interest observed, considerations as to the possible merger of the two Independent Authorities are also mentioned. Ultimately, this research essay provides concrete conclusions drawn from the extensive recording and assessment of all the aforementioned issues thereby emerged.

Postgraduate Studies Programme

Δίκαιο και Τεχνολογίες Πληροφορικής και Επικοινωνιών (MSc in Law and Information and Communication Technologies)

Department

Σχολή Τεχνολογιών Πληροφορικής και Επικοινωνιών. Τμήμα Ψηφιακών Συστημάτων

Number of pages

Language

Greek

URI

https://dione.lib.unipi.gr/xmlui/handle/unipi/17303

Collections

Τμήμα Ψηφιακών Συστημάτων

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Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ελλάδα