Homo Digitalis' interview with Computer Weekly about our great success and the 175,000 euro fine imposed by the Hellenic Data Protection Authority to the Ministry of Asylum and Migration
Homo Digitalis spoke to Computer Weekly and journalist Lydia Emmanouilidou for her report on our complaint against the KENTAUROS and YPERION systems and the 175,000 euro fine imposed by the Greek Data Protection Authority on the Ministry of Asylum and Migration. Comments on Homo Digitalis were provided by our Co-Founder and Lawyer, Eleftherios Chelioudakis.
You can read the article here.
We would like to thank the journalist for her cooperation, her revealing report and her interest in our actions.
We participate in the event "Artificial Intelligence Meets Education" at JOIST Innovation Park
JOIST Innovation Park and the Secondary Education Directorate of Larissa invite you to the open event for Teachers, School Counselors, Parents & Students “Artificial Intelligence Meets Education” under the auspices of the Regional Directorate of Education of Thessaly.
Date. Saturday 27 of April at 11:00
Place: Future Learning Lab with Free Entrance
It is our great honor and pleasure that the Director of Artificial Intelligence & Human Rights of Homo Digitalis, Lamprini Gyftokosta , will represent us there with a speech! We would like to thank the organizers for their kind invitation and inclusion!
How ready is the educational community to safely and effectively integrate AI and related digital tools in the learning process? The event aspires to ask key questions and present all those aspects related to the introduction of AI in the educational process.
The event is addressed to Teachers, School Staff, School Counsellors, Parents, Students from 12 to 18 years old.
Register for free here.
Voluntary educational actions in schools: Homo Digitalis visits the 3rd High School of Heraklion
Last week Homo Digitalis traveled far again! Following the very successful tour in Peloponnese, Central Greece, and Northern Greece, Crete was next.
Homo Digitalis spoke at the 3rd High School of Heraklion, talking to more than 90 students about Cyberbullying. The members who represented us were Adamantia Volikou, Angelina Barla and the President of Homo Digitalis Elpida Vamvaka.
We would like to thank the responsible Professor Mrs. Fotini Konstantaki (Computer Science Teacher) for the invitation and the excellent hospitality!
We published our successful Report for the five-year period 2018-2023
In 2018, we started with 6 founding members, 25 volunteers and 1,000 euros in the organization’s account. Nobody knew us, but we knew what we wanted to achieve, what gap we were trying to fill, where we wanted to go.Today, we celebrate our 6 years of operation and publish our 5-year report, about everything we have achieved in the period 2018 -2023. The detailed Report contains the beginning of our story, information about the mission, vision and values of Homo Digitalis, and a thorough review of all our major successes by pillar of action, namely a) Awareness, b) Advocay , and c) Legal Actions and Interventions. Finally, in order to enhance transparency about our financial accounts, we have also included all of our Financial Reports for the entire five years period!
You can read our Homo Digitalis’ “Five Year Report 2018-2023” in Greek here or in English here. The report was curated by our Director on Human Rights and AI, Lambrini Gyftokosta.
Looking back we are happy, proud and excited, because until the summer of 2023, we: gained over 130 volunteers, have steadily increased our revenue by 353% every year, filed over 20 complaints with Greek and European authorities, managed to fine Clearview AI €20 million (the largest in Greece), visited more than 30 schools and raised awareness with our actions for more than 3500 students and citizens, gave more than 40 media interviews in Greece and Europe, supported more than 50 joint actions with other Greek and European organisations in the field of digital rights, acquired more than 10.000 followers on social media (LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X), published more than 150 articles of scientific, technical and legal interest on our website with the contribution of our volunteers, became the first and only organisation from Greece to be a member of EDRi, the European Digital Rights Network; and although we started as a purely voluntary organisation, we managed to hire our first employee!
On this journey we were not alone. One of our greatest successes is our collaboration with a large network of universities, organisations, institutions, research centres and all our member volunteers who helped us take our actions one step further!
Looking ahead we are optimistic. We are moving forward dynamically, conquering small and big goals that will bring us even closer to the world we dream of and want to build together!
We coordinate the Digital World Summit Greece web event "AI Board, Advisory Forum and relevant stakeholders: how are private and public sector actors shaping the implementation of the AI Act?"
We invite you to participate in the second Digital World Summit Greece web event on “AI Board, Advisory Forum and relevant stakeholders: how are private and public sector actors shaping the implementation of the AI Act?”, moderated by Homo Digitalis’ AI and Human Rights Director, Lamprini Gyftokosta!
️ Wednesday 17 April
⏲19:00
via YouTube Live, Facebook Live, LinkedIn Live
Speakers:
Tilemachos Moraitis – Government and Corporate Affairs Manager, Microsoft Greece,
Maria Alexandra Papoutsi – AI, Technology & Innovation Manager, KBVL Law Firm | Deloitte Legal
Yiannis Kanellopoulos – CEO, code4thought
Introductory Speech:
Elia Kostopoulou, Member Digital Dialogues
Want to receive a reminder with the event link in your email? Sign up now to join this interesting discussion about the future of our digital world here
Interview of Homo Digitalis on Netzpolitik.org about our great success and the 175.000 euro fine of the Hellenic Data Protection Authority to the Ministry of Asylum and Migration
Homo Digitalis spoke to Netzpolitik.org and journalist Chris Kover for their report on our complaint against the KENTAUROS and YPERION systems and the 175,000 euro fine imposed by the Greek Data Protection Authority on the Ministry of Asylum and Migration. Comments on Homo Digitalis were provided by our Co-Founder and Lawyer, Eleftherios Chelioudakis
You can read the article here.
We would like to thank the journalist for her cooperation and interest in our actions.
Voluntary educational actions in schools: Homo Digitalis visits the 63rd Primary School and the 28th High School of Thessaloniki
Last week Homo Digitalis literally hit the road again! Following the very successful 1500 km tour in Peloponnese and Central Greece, it was the turn of Northern Greece with 5 different schools!
After the visits to the 3rd Serres High School, the Ierissos High School and the Arnaia High School in Halkidiki, it was time for the capital of Macedonia, the beautiful Thessaloniki!
Homo Digitalis spoke at the 63rd Primary School of Thessaloniki about cyber bullying to teachers and children of the 5th and 6th grade! Many thanks to our members Melina Skondra & Athanasia Tychala for their representation, their unquenchable desire to pass on their knowledge to children and the school’s director Ms. Adamidou for the invitation!!!
But one school is not enough! So, our President Elpida Vamvaka and Charalampos Daftsios represented Homo Digitalis at the 28th General High School of Thessaloniki talking to teachers and students of the 1st grade about the digital footprint. Thanks to the school’s Director, Mrs. Halvatzi for the invitation!
Voluntary educational actions in schools: Homo Digitalis visits Arnaia High School in Halkidiki
Last week Homo Digitalis hit the road again!
After the very successful 1500 km tour in the Peloponnese and Central Greece, the 4 schools and the more than 600 students and teachers we met there, this time it was the turn of Northern Greece with 5 different schools and a new record of kilometers and students!
After Serres, it was the turn of Chalkidiki!
The second school (see the first one here) we visited there was the High School of Arnaia! Our Director for Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Lamprini Gyftokosta, spoke with the students of the first grade about the digital footprint and was lucky enough to be in front of an incredible audience, who asked pertinent questions, exercised their critical thinking and responded positively to our call for more control of our personal data!
We would like to thank the Director Mr. Tsiliverdi Dimitrios and the IT Teacher Ms. Eleni Letta for the invitation!
Homo Digitalis’ actions in the field of student awareness are carried out with the organization’s own resources and with the contribution of our network of volunteers! Your support is very important to achieve more in the new year!
Homo Digitalis interview to France 24 on the MEP Asimakopoulou emails case
Our co-founder, Eleftherios Chelioudakis, represented Homo Digitalis in an interview with France 24 (the French News Agency) about the illegal transfer of personal data of a large number of Greeks living abroad in the hands of the MEP Anna Michelle Asimakopoulou and the relevant political communication she made to them via email in the context of the upcoming European elections.
We are very grateful to France 24 for its interest in our actions. You can read the interview here.