According to the Norwegian technology website NRKbeta, Facebook has reported to data protection authorities (Data Protection Authority) for violations of European privacy laws in Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece.
After revealing the scandal Facebook-Cambridge Analytica, the largest social network admitted that data from 87 million of its members was affected, or about 27 million more than originally reported.
The company says that mostly US citizens were affected (sic, because European legislation is stricter), but it is now clear that the data collection it also affected users from all over Europe
Complaints to European data protection authorities, which were filed simultaneously by several consumer organizations, say that Facebook does not adequately protect the data of its users, that the company is inattentive to third parties' access to the data it collects, and that it has not repaired nothing but knowing about the 2015 leak.
The European Data Protection Authorities (in the case of Greece, we are talking about Home Privacy Policy ή Hellenic Data Protection Authority) can force Facebook to stop or change some of its practices.
Greek Legislation on the protection of personal data (PDF)
From the page of the Greek Authority?
The mission of the Authority is to protect the person's personality and privacy rights in Greece in accordance with the provisions of Laws 2472 / 1997 and 3471 / 2006.
The primary purpose of the Authority is to protect the citizen from the illegal processing of his personal data and to assist him / her in any case where a breach of his / her rights is found in any business sector (financial, health, insurance, education, public administration, , SMEs, and so on).
The aim of the Authority is also to support and guide the processors in fulfilling their obligations towards the law, taking into account the new needs of the services of the Greek society as well as the penetration of the modern digital communications and networks. The Authority therefore focuses its attention, among other things, on observing and addressing issues arising from the development of new technologies and applications.
