Fidias under fire from regulator over party app

The personal data commissioner on Tuesday moved to halt the operation of the Agora app created by MEP Fidias Panayiotou, citing failures to comply with the general data protection regulation (GDPR).

Commissioner Maria Christofidou said the authority had formally requested the suspension of the Agora app until a mandatory assessment was completed.

Speaking on both radio and television, she said the platform processes “special categories of data, such as political opinions, on a large scale”...