Penal Code Article 370B, Violation of Computer Data and Program Secrets
Poinikos Kodikas, art. 370B (370Β)
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In force.
A computer misuse rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not copy, record, use, or disclose to a third party computer data or programs that constitute a state, scientific, professional, or business secret, where the lawful holder treats them as secret from a justified interest, without right.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
Imprisonment of at least three months for the base offence (paragraph 1); imprisonment of at least one year where the offender is in the lawful holder's service, or the secret is of especially great economic significance (paragraph 2); a military, diplomatic, or state-security secret is punished under articles 146 and 147 instead (paragraph 3). Prosecution of paragraphs 1 and 2 requires a complaint by the injured party (paragraph 4).
What it reaches
Obligation class
Access restriction
What this law does
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Article 370B punishes copying, recording, using, disclosing to a third party, or otherwise violating computer data or programs that constitute a state, scientific, professional, or business secret of the public or private sector, without right, with imprisonment of at least three months.
The offence reaches data the lawful holder treats as secret from a justified interest, particularly where it has taken measures to keep third parties from learning of it, and paragraph 2 raises the minimum to one year where the offender is in the holder's service or the secret is of especially great economic significance.
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Official codified Penal Code text published by the Hellenic Ministry of Justice