The Ministry of Citizen Protection, in cooperation with the Cyber Crime Unit of Greece organised a c0nference on Internet Security, on July,22 in Rethymnon. The conference was aimed at informing the citizens about the secure introduction of citizens in new technologies.
The conference was held at the House of Culture and addressed both parents and children, who had the opportunity through their interactive participation, to learn about Internet security, as well as be aware of its dangers.
Issues of everyday life such as the dangers of the Internet, Facebook, MSN, Blogs, Twitter, Forums and Personal Data Protection was discussed and topics of interest that concern all citizens were analyzed by experts and specialised psychologists. Police Director and Head of Cyber Crime Unit, Emmanuel Sfakianakis was present at the conference. He and his team referred mainly to the offenses committed through the Internet, to statistics that prove how much and in what way Greeks use the Internet, as well as to the cases the Cyber Crime Unit usually deals with, by illustrating specific examples and facts.