Authority for Communication Security and Privacy

Greece's privacy watchdog has asked to brief the parliament's institutions and transparency committee on its findings regarding its investigation of the wiretapping scandal.  

The head of the independent Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE) said on Tuesday that "no state body can exercise any form of preventive control or prudential supervision over the authority."

Recent legislative changes introduced in the wake of the phone-tapping scandal mean that the independent Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE) no longer has the authority to respond to requests by citizens regarding whether they were put under surveillance for national security reasons, a Supreme Court prosecutor said in an opinion issued on Tuesday.

The statements made Thursday to Parliament's Transparency Committee by the president of the Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE) concerning surveillance mechanisms in the country were worrisome, to say the least.