Talk about DORA and NIS2 in an educational webinar

On March 29th, 15:00 – 17:00 GMT, Homo Digitalis will have the great pleasure to participate in the online webinar organized by Open Data Kosovo in the field of cybersecurity!

There we will talk about recent legislative initiatives at EU level, such as the DORA Regulation and the revised NIS2 Directive, while experts will also talk about the current situation in the neighbouring country.

Our team will be represented by Anastasios Arampatzis and Eleftherios Chelioudakis.

Free Registration here and more information about the event here.

The webinar is produced in the framework of the project “Increasing Civic Engagement in the Digital Agenda – ICEDA” with the support of the European Union, the South East Europe (SEE) Digital Rights Network and the SHARE Foundation!

 


Participation in a speech at the Nikos Poulantzas Institute

Tomorrow, Tuesday 14/3, Stefanos Vitoratos representing Homo Digitalis will participate in the series of events of the Nikos Poulantzas Institute “Workshops on Technologies – Tuesdays of March” and more specifically in the thematic “Are there new (digital) rights? What is the role of the state?”

The workshops are held in person and aim to explore from different perspectives what better/more democratic, fairer, inclusive technologies might mean.

We look forward to seeing you tomorrow and discussing in person!

More information and registration here.

 


Interview on SKAI 101.3

Tomorrow, Sunday, at 16.30, tune in to SKAI 100.3.

Konstantinos Kakavoulis will talk with Maria Douroudi about digital rights and how to protect them.


We participate in the Digital Policy Leadership Summit 2023 in Brussels

Last week, Homo Digitalis had the great pleasure of attending the Digital Policy Leadership Summit organized by Aspiration in Brussels!

The two-day event was dedicated to sharing knowledge, building trust and developing skills between organisations and professionals involved in digital policy issues in Europe. Our team was represented by our Board Secretary Eleftherios Chelioudakis.

We would like to thank the organizers for their kind invitation! You can find out more on the organizers’ website.


Pro bono Educational activities in schools: Leontio Lyceum of Nea Smyrni

Continuing our presentations in schools across the country, Kostas Kakavoulis and Stefanos Vitoratos were at the
Lycee Leonin-Nea Smyrni (Leontio Lyceum of Nea Smyrni) where they discussed with more than 250 students of the 1st and 2nd grade about cyberbullying!

Young generations are fully familiar with the internet, social media and online gaming and it is important to learn from an early age how to avoid and/or deal with cyberbullying phenomena.

We would like to thank the school management and all the teachers for their welcome and hospitality.


Η Homo Digitalis στο "2ο νομικό φόρουμ για την προστασία των δεδομένων"

On Wednesday 15/2 the “2nd Law Forum on Data Protection” is taking place at the Divani Caravel Hotel, which Homo Digitalis is sponsoring.
Stefanos Vitoratos will be the moderator of the conference, which will be analyzed by speakers of renowned prestige interesting data protection issues, such as the everyday life of the DPO and the use of personal data to improve everyday life and fight crime!
For more information and registration visit the organisers’ website.

 


Homo Digitalis celebrates Safer Internet Day with students in Heraklion, Crete

Part A’
Today is Safer Internet Day and Homo Digitalis celebrated it with students all over Greece
Elpida Vamvaka and Eleftheria Vamvaka spoke with 4th and 6th grade students of the Zanneio Education Centre in Heraklion, Crete.
There were discussions about our digital selves, cyber bullying and the protection of digital rights and personal data.
Videos of the #SuperCyberKids series, created in collaboration with the (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter and ICSI Hellas, were shown, while during the breaks cookies were distributed to the students of Zanneio, in order to inform them about the use of cookies on the internet.
We would like to thank the School Managements and all the teachers for their welcome and hospitality.


Homo Digitalis celebrates Safer Internet Day with students in Larissa

Part B’
Today is Safer Internet Day and Homo Digitalis celebrated it with students all over Greece
Vassilis Vassilopoulos and Tasos Arampatzis spoke with students of the 5th and 6th grades of primary school and all the students of the Karavanas School of Gymnasium in Larissa.
There were discussions about our digital self, cyber bullying and the protection of digital rights and personal data.
Videos of the #SuperCyberKids series, created in collaboration with the (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter and ICSI Hellas, were shown to inform them about the use of cookies on the internet.
We would like to thank the School Managements and all the teachers and lecturers for their welcome and hospitality.


The session we co-organized at the Privacy Camp for PREDATOR was successfully completed

Homo Digitalis had the pleasure of participating in the privacy camp organized by European Digital Rights in Brussels a few days ago.
Among the topics discussed were the preservation of electronic communications metadata, spyware, immigration and the use of new technologies and sex workers rights.
Of particular interest was the Workshop In spyware we trust. With new tools come new problems with speakers European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Wojciech Wiewiórowski, @EU_EDPS Rebecca White Campaigner – Disrupting Surveillance Team at Amnesty Tech, Bastien Le Querrec, member of La Quadrature Du Net, and Elisa Triantafillou, journalist of inside story, who presented how she and her team uncovered the use of predator software in Greece.

Our organisation was represented by Eleftherios Chelioudakis and Elpida Vamvaka.
Many congratulations to EDRi for organizing such timely and interesting discussions.