GreeceHellenic Statistical System Law 3832/2010, statistical confidentiality and anonymous dissemination
Law 3832/2010 (Hellenic Statistical System), Arts. 7(3)-(4), 8(1) and 9(2)
In force since .
A de-identification rule binding public and private bodies.
- Enforcement body
- Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT)
- Obligation class
- Prohibition, Security
What it requires
- If you are the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) or another body of the Hellenic Statistical System, keep a public file of individual statistical data only from records that have been made anonymous, so that the statistical unit cannot be identified directly or indirectly by any means a third party could use (Law 3832/2010 Article 7(3)).
- If you are a body of the Hellenic Statistical System in Greece, disseminate statistical results that could allow a statistical unit to be identified only after modifying them so that dissemination does not breach statistical confidentiality, or with the unit's unreserved consent (Article 7(4)).
- If you are a body of the Hellenic Statistical System in Greece, do not publish confidential statistical data, and take preventive measures so that individual statistical units cannot be identified by technical or other means that third parties could reasonably use (Article 8(1)).
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Penalty structure
ELSTAT may impose, by decision and after hearing the person responsible, a fine of EUR 10,000 to EUR 200,000 on anyone who breaches data confidentiality or statistical confidentiality (Article 9(2)); Article 9(4) lets the Minister of Finance adjust the amounts.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- Minimum
- 10,000
- Currency
- EUR
- Fixed cap
- 200,000
What this law does
Law 3832/2010 governs the Hellenic Statistical System, which is made up of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) and the public and private bodies that have the task or the duty of collecting data for official statistics. Article 7(3) lets those bodies keep public files of individual statistical data only from records that have been made anonymous, and only where the statistical unit cannot be identified, directly or indirectly, taking account of all the means a third party could use.
Article 7(4) lets those bodies disseminate statistical results that could allow a statistical unit to be identified only if the results have been modified so that dissemination does not breach statistical confidentiality, or the unit has agreed without reservation to the disclosure.
Article 8(1) requires those bodies to take suitable preventive measures so that individual statistical units cannot be identified by technical or other means that third parties could reasonably use, and bans them from publishing the confidential data. Article 9(2) lets ELSTAT fine anyone who breaches data confidentiality or statistical confidentiality between EUR 10,000 and EUR 200,000.
The Law took effect on its publication in the Government Gazette on , and the consolidated text that ELSTAT publishes lists amendments through Law 5264/2025.
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