New Cookie Law: Browser Settings Do Imply Consent in Hungary – Updated

Post published:2011/07/11
Post category:Hungary

The bill on the amendment of the Act Nr C. of 2003 on electronic communications, the transposition of Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive 2009/136/EC has been adopted today by the Hungarian Parliament.

As reported earlier, the draft bill submitted to the Parliament – similarly to the position of the UK, Ireland, Latvia, the Netherlands and Sweden – originally required prior consent to the storage of cookies in the users’ terminal equipment. However, during the debate of the bill in the Parliament, the Parliament Committee for Economics and Informatics has submitted an amending proposal to the bill on 29 June 2011, which has altered the language of the cookie consent rule in the draft and eliminated the requirement for the consent to be “prior”.

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Commissioner Approved the Street View Service by Google

Post published:2011/07/08
Post category:Hungary

On 5 July 2011 the Hungarian Data Protection Commissioner has released its final standpoint (Case Nr ABI-2136-3/2010/K) on the Street View service of Google, Inc relating to the Hungarian territory. The Commissioner held that Google may lawfully take street view photos in Hungary, however, the US based search giant shall comply with the requirements articulated by the Commissioner.

As reported earlier in our blog, in May 2009 the Hungarian DPA launched an ex officio investigation in connection with the Street View service of Google relating to Hungary when street view cars appeared on the streets of Budapest. Following the Commissioner’s formal inquiry and with a view to the negotiations on-going between Google and the Commissioner’s Office, Google decided to temporarily suspend the activity of its street-view cars in Hungary. The Commissioner published its final standpoint on the operation of the street view service of Google by 5 July 2011 (the pertaining press release is available here) which laid down several conditions which should be adhered to by Google.

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New Basic Law: Commissioner Replaced by Administrative Agency

Post published:2011/05/01
Post category:Hungary

The Hungarian Parliament has recently passed the new constitution (the Basic Law), which has been signed and promulgated by the President of the Republic on 25 April 2011 and scheduled to enter into force by 1 January 2012. The Government has already promised to pass all fundamental legal provisions necessary for the entry into force of the new constitution in this year, which will include, inter alia, the adoption of a new Data Protection Act.
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