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Greece

24Low24 of 100, Low band, 0 to 24good confidence(7/7 dimensions)
What this score means
Extreme75 to 100
Severe and systematic. Device search, interception and detention over online activity are documented rather than theoretical. Reconsider what you carry and what you say.
High50 to 74
Substantial and consistently evidenced measures. Device inspection, monitored networks or restricted services should be expected rather than treated as unlikely.
Caution25 to 49
Some risk, and manageable with precautions. Measures are evidenced but are narrow, inconsistently applied, or the picture is mixed.
Low0 to 24
Ordinary precautions. No systematic device search, network restriction or prosecution of visitors for online speech is evidenced.

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Dimensions

Each dimension is scored independently, because the traveller who cares about legal exposure for what they have posted is often not the one carrying client data. Higher means more risk.

Surveillance and interception

How comprehensively are communications intercepted, retained, and monitored, and is commercial spyware in use?

49Caution49 of 100, Caution band, 25 to 49

good confidence7 independent sourcesEvidence is ageing: contributing sources are weighted at 52% of full strength.

Why this score (11 sources)

  • Freedom House 2026 scored GRC 3 of 4 on freedom to express personal views on sensitive topics without fear of surveillance or retribution.

    Freedom House, Freedom in the World · observed 2026-01-01

  • V-Dem Digital Society Project 2025 scored GRC 3.19 of 4 on how comprehensively the government monitors social media and private online communication, where higher is freer.

    V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, Digital Society Project · observed 2025-12-31

  • V-Dem Digital Society Project 2025 scored GRC 3.14 of 4 on how far privacy protection law shields communications from government access, where higher is freer. This measures what privacy law permits rather than what monitoring is practised, so it is read here as a constraint on interception rather than a measurement of it.

    V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, Digital Society Project · observed 2025-12-31

  • The World Justice Project Rule of Law Index 2025 scored GRC 0.57 of 1 on whether freedom from arbitrary interference with privacy is effectively guaranteed, a measure built from expert assessments of warrantless interception of communications.

    World Justice Project, Rule of Law Index, sub-factor 4.6 · observed 2025-01-01

  • The initial findings of a report published on September 28 by eight international media freedom organisations said that press freedom in Greece was under “sustained threat” from the impact of the “Predatorgate” spyware surveillance scandal, abusive lawsuits and physical threats against journalists, as well as economic and political pressures on media.

    Balkan Insight (BIRN), via a site scoped search · observed 2023-11-15 · extracted by language model

  • The 36‑year‑old man, who, according to one source , is of “Azeri descent” and whose name has not been released, had reportedly been under surveillance by Greek intelligence for months and was detained after arriving at Athens International Airport.

    Civil Georgia, via a site scoped search · observed 2026-03-03 · extracted by language model

  • The trial of the four defendants — Tal Dilian, founder of Intellexa, whose company allegedly sold Predator spyware in Greece; his business partner Sara Aleksandra Fayssal Hamou, who provided managerial services to Intellexa; Felix Bitzios, a shareholder in Intellexa; and Giannis Lavranos, whose company Krikel purchased Predator — began on 10th April 2025.

    CIVICUS Monitor country updates · observed 2026-03-01 · extracted by language model

  • Greece’s CCACs are already, or soon will be, equipped with a range of technologies, including automatic biometric identification upon entrance (for both for detainees and the centres’ workers), surveillance cameras supported by motion analysis algorithms that flag “suspicious” behaviour, drones to track movement from above the centres, and the automatic exchange of data with an operational control room in Athens.

    Access Now feed · observed 2024-10-02 · extracted by language model

  • The wiretapping scandal, which has occupied the Greek media since the spring of 2022, concerns the use of Predator by the Greek secret services, EYP, to monitor or attempt to monitor journalists, politicians, and other public figures.

    Balkan Insight (BIRN), via a site scoped search · observed 2023-11-27 · extracted by language model

  • The scandal concerns the use of Predator software to monitor or attempt to monitor journalists, politicians and other public figures.

    Balkan Insight (BIRN), via a site scoped search · observed 2025-12-17 · extracted by language model

  • Amnesty International described the ruling as an example of “rare accountability in abuse of surveillance technology”, while stressing that the role of the Greek government in the wider surveillance scandal remains unresolved.

    CIVICUS Monitor country updates · observed 2026-03-01 · extracted by language model

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4 excluded sources
  • Reporters Without Borders, via a site scoped search, observed 2022-12-12: aged out after 4 years.
  • Reporters Without Borders, via a site scoped search, observed 2022-12-12: aged out after 4 years.
  • Reporters Without Borders, via a site scoped search, observed 2022-10-24: aged out after 4 years.
  • Balkan Insight (BIRN), via a site scoped search, observed 2022-07-01: aged out after 4 years.

Speech and legal exposure

What legal risk attaches to what I have said online, or say while I am there?

35Caution35 of 100, Caution band, 25 to 49

good confidence8 independent sources

Why this score (11 sources)

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2 excluded sources
  • Committee to Protect Journalists, via a site scoped search, observed 2022-07-01: aged out after 4 years.
  • Balkan Insight (BIRN), via a site scoped search, observed 2023-11-15: aged out after 3 years.

Data jurisdiction

What happens to corporate or client data I carry into the jurisdiction?

26Caution26 of 100, Caution band, 25 to 49

moderate confidence1 independent source

Why this score (1 source)

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Encryption and VPN legality

Are VPNs and strong encryption lawful, and can I be required to install an application or hand over keys?

20Low20 of 100, Low band, 0 to 24

good confidence4 independent sources

Why this score (4 sources)

  • Some restrictions. There is currently no legislation regarding the general right to encryption. Per Greek law, providers of communications services and networks are required to respond immediately to any request for the “removal of confidentiality of communications” when they are notified by a competent authority and to cooperate with them. Removal of confidentiality under Greek law refers to any type of communication which is being carried out either through a communications network or through a service provider and by a subscriber or user, but does not include live communications.

    Global Partners Digital, World Map of Encryption Laws and Policies · observed 2019-06-01

  • V-Dem Digital Society Project 2025 scored GRC 3.83 of 4 on whether the government regulates the internet in a way consistent with international human rights standards, where higher is freer. This does not establish whether encryption or VPN use is lawful. It measures internet regulation in general, and is used as indirect evidence because the only survey that reads encryption law directly was published in 2019.

    V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, Digital Society Project · observed 2025-12-31

  • OONI recorded no confirmed blocking across 26,138 measurements of anonymity and censorship circumvention tools in GRC over the 90 days to 2026-10-16, with 353 further results inconclusive.

    Open Observatory of Network Interference, OONI measurement data · observed 2026-10-16

  • The company doesn’t keep logs, so couldn’t turn over data : Windscribe, a globally used privacy-first VPN service, announced today that its founder, Yegor Sak, has been fully acquitted by a court in Athens, Greece, following a two-year legal battle in which Sak was personally charged in connection with an alleged internet offence by an unknown user of the service.

    Schneier on Security feed · observed 2025-04-28 · extracted by language model

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Border device risk

How likely is my device to be searched, imaged, or seized at the border, and can I be compelled to unlock it?

16Low16 of 100, Low band, 0 to 24

good confidence5 independent sources

No reports were found of devices being searched, imaged or seized at this border, or of travellers being compelled to unlock them. The score below is drawn from general indicators for this country rather than from anything observed about this risk, so it describes an absence of reports rather than evidence that the risk is absent.

What the score rests on (5 indirect sources)

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Network threat

How hostile is the network environment to a foreign visitor, from state actors and criminals alike?

16Low16 of 100, Low band, 0 to 24

good confidence2 independent sourcesEvidence is ageing: contributing sources are weighted at 66% of full strength.

Why this score (3 sources)

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Connectivity continuity

How likely am I to lose access to the internet, or to the specific tools I depend on?

14Low14 of 100, Low band, 0 to 24

good confidence7 independent sources

Why this score (8 sources)

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Trend

02550751002026-08-162026-10-16

The overall score is up 3.7 points over 61 days, from 21 to 24.7. Most movement is the event overlay decaying rather than anything happening: a news signal loses half its weight every three weeks, so a score drifts back toward its structural baseline on its own. A step that holds is the one worth reading.

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Sources

This assessment draws on 19 sources: Access Now feed; Auswärtiges Amt, Reise- und Sicherheitshinweise; Balkan Insight (BIRN), via a site scoped search; CIVICUS Monitor country updates; Civil Georgia, via a site scoped search; Committee to Protect Journalists, via a site scoped search; Comparative Constitutions Project; Freedom House, Freedom in the World; Georgia Tech Internet Intelligence Lab, Internet Outage Detection and Analysis; Global Affairs Canada, Travel advice and advisories; Global Partners Digital, World Map of Encryption Laws and Policies; International Telecommunication Union, Global Cybersecurity Index; Multiple, via Google News, Google News search results; Open Observatory of Network Interference, OONI measurement data; Schneier on Security feed; UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Foreign travel advice; US Department of State, Travel Advisories; V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, Digital Society Project; World Justice Project, Rule of Law Index, sub-factor 4.6. Every contributing claim is quoted with its origin and date above. Model version 0.12.0, computed 2026-10-16.

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