Greece’s New Law on Digital Governance: An Overview
On January 19, 2021, the Greek parliament passed a new law on digital governance, known as Law 4764/2021. The law is designed to modernize the country’s public administration and make it more efficient, transparent, and accessible through the use of digital technologies.
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Greece has passed the new Law 4785/2021, which concerns the regulation of remote work. This law was passed in January 2021 in response to the significant increase in remote work due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read moreLaw 4967/2022: What applies to digital content and services and sales contracts in Greece
into Greek law, is a significant step towards providing greater protection for consumers in digital transactions and establishing a digital single market. By regulating sales contracts in a uniform manner, the Law enhances legal certainty and brings the Greek Civil Code up to speed with the demands of the digital economy. Notably, most of the provisions were not transposed as a separate legal text but were directly incorporated into the relevant chapter of the Greek Civil Code on the sale of goods.
Contracts for the supply of digital content and services
The Law, specifically Articles 3 through 32, establishes a framework for “contracts for the provision of digital content or digital services,” in which the supplier provides digital content or services to a recipient, who can be a natural person or legal entity, in exchange for an agreed-upon consideration.
Read moreThe procedural aspects of a trial face challenges due to digital evidence and its increased use.
Digital evidence sources are constantly evolving with technological advancements. There are three primary categories of digital evidence: the Internet, computers, and portable devices. Evidence obtained from the Internet includes information from online conversations, emails, message boards, chat rooms, file sharing networks, and intercepted communications. Message boards and chat rooms provide a wealth of information in real-time and in archives. Computers also contain a repository of information and require special extraction methods to obtain evidence. Although some information may overlap with Internet sources, computers offer unique and significant pieces of evidence such as timestamps, IP addresses, VPN information, and MAC addresses. Portable devices, such as smartphones, tablets, and other handheld gadgets, have become the primary source of digital evidence in many court proceedings due to society’s reliance on these devices. It is worth noting that digital evidence sources also include sensors and screens in vehicles, cameras, drones, smart TVs, and other devices.
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