Political spam sparks uproar in Greece ahead of EU vote • Two months before Greeks vote in European Parliament elections, a political spamming scandal has forced a candidate to drop out and authorities to launch a probe in a case that has rekindled national concerns over data leaks.

by Naurgul

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  2. Απόσπασμα:

    >Hundreds of Greeks residing in European countries and the United States last month complained after receiving unsolicited emails from EU lawmaker Anna-Michelle Assimakopoulou, a member of the ruling conservative New Democracy party.

    >Two officials resigned over the case, and investigations are underway by the Athens prosecutor’s office and the independent Greek data protection watchdog HDPA.

    >HDPA chairman Konstantinos Menoudakos told AFP in an interview that although misuse of personal data is not uncommon during electoral campaigns, the scale of the breach is unprecedented.

    >A senior interior ministry official and the head of New Democracy’s diaspora department resigned over the incident. Assimakopoulou also withdrew her candidacy for the June 9 vote.

    >Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis has deflected questions from media and rights groups, declaring on Monday that as the case is under investigation there was “nothing more” to be done at present.

    Το άρθρο επίσης συνδέει την κλοπή/διαρροή των προσωπικών δεδομένων από την Ασημακοπούλο με την [υπόθεση των παρακολουθήσεων](https://www.reddit.com/r/greece/comments/1bhprgb/), το σκάνδαλο [με τα προσωπικά δεδομένα της τηλεκπαίδευσης στη cisco](https://www.reddit.com/r/greece/comments/mbd0yi) καθώς και το [πρόστιμο της Αρχής Ποστασίας Δεδομένων για τα συστήματα επιτήρησης αιτούντων άσυλο](https://www.reddit.com/r/greece/comments/1bup4lf/).

  3. Repost χωρις να προσφέρει καμία καινούρια πληροφορία για την υπόθεση

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