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Greek scientist seeks damages for anti-fraud office’s privacy breach

By Matthew Newman ( March 10, 2025, 17:08 GMT | Insight) -- Lawyers for a Greek scientist asked EU judges for 1.1 million euros in “non-material damages” for mental distress and reputational harm, after the European Commission's anti-fraud office published a press release that revealed her personal data and made it possible for any reader to identify her. The case has attracted attention because it deals with how someone is “identifiable” under EU data protection rules, and how to consider whether “all the means reasonably likely” can be used to identify the person “directly or indirectly.”Lawyers for a Greek scientist asked EU judges for 1.1 million euros ($1.2 million) in “non-material damages” for mental distress and reputational harm, after OLAF — the European Commission's anti-fraud office — published a press release that revealed her personal data and made it possible for any reader to identify her....

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