On 23 August 2016, the Hungarian Data Protection and Freedom of Information Agency (DPA) released comprehensive guidance on employment background checks, covering contact requests sent to past employers, criminal background…
The Hungarian Ministry of Justice and Police has recently released a bill on Public Interest Disclosure (the Bill) for public consultation purposes. The Bill is intended to replace the Fair…
The new Hungarian Labour Code has been very recently published in the Official Gazette. The Act No I. of 2012 is scheduled to enter into force by 1 July 2012 and it will lay down, inter alia, the general rules governing workplace privacy. We have provided a general overview of the privacy related provisions of the new Act in our earlier post.
From data protection aspects, the new legislation requires the implementation of the following changes by local employers:
