Commissioner (Cyprus) - Online Platform “Agora”
The Cypriot DPA fined an MEP €6,000 for failing to cooperate with the supervisory authority under Article 31 GDPR, after he refused to fully comply with repeated requests to temporarily suspend the operations of his online platform "Agora". English Summary. Facts. In October 2025, the DPA initiated an ex officio investigation after discovering that the digital platform/application "Agora" was launched under the responsibility of an MEP, the controller. The platform offered user participation in
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The Cypriot DPA fined an MEP €6,000 for failing to cooperate with the supervisory authority under Article 31 GDPR, after he refused to fully comply with repeated requests to temporarily suspend the operations of his online platform "Agora". English Summary. Facts. In October 2025, the DPA initiated an ex officio investigation after discovering that the digital platform/application "Agora" was launched under the responsibility of an MEP, the controller. The platform offered user participation in opinion polls, expression of political opinions, and applications for parliamentary candidacy. It also required user identification through ID cards and biometric data analysis. Because of large-scale processing and the involvement of special categories of data (political opinions), the DPA requested that the controller submit a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) for prior consultation under Articles 35 and 36 GDPR. The DPA also repeatedly requested the controller to temporarily suspend th