International Transfer of Personal Data – Hungary

Post published:2010/11/02
Post category:Hungary

In our global and digital age, international transfers of personal data became an integral part of everyday life and same also gained significant importance in the Hungarian jurisdiction.

”Transfer” has been defined in the Hungarian Data Protection Act, the domestic implementation of the EU Privacy Directive 95/46/EC as “making data accessible to particular third parties other than the data subject, the data controller or the technical data processor”.

In compliance with the Directive, data transfer within the Member States of the European Economic Area is treated as a domestic data transfer in Hungary. Section 8 of the Hungarian Data Protection Act applies to such transfer which provision lays down that the consent of the data subject shall be obtained or a legislative act shall permit same.

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Hungarian DPA Announces Proposal for Information Commissioner

Post published:2010/10/08
Post category:Hungary

The legislative consultation on adoption of the new Hungarian Constitution is currently in progress and the parliamentary preparatory commission in charge has invited several persons and institutions to submit their views and recommendations in relation to the legislative concept of the new constitution. András Jóri, the Hungarian Data Protection Commissioner has recently submitted its proposal in connection with the future regulation of the new Hungarian Data Protection Agency which contains some remarkable comments

New Guidance on Internal Whistleblowing in Hungary

Post published:2010/09/26
Post category:Hungary

The Data Protection Commissioner, the Hungarian Data Protection Authority has released several guidances (Guidance Nr 271/K/2007, Guidance Nr 295/K/2007 as well as Guidance Nr 652/K/2007) concerning the operation of whistleblowing systems, employee ethics hotlines in Hungary in the past.