Although not all companies are fully aware of data privacy issues, these are part of the everyday business of each company having at least one employee and a website. We therefore encourage our clients and prospective clients to request a data privacy audit carried out by experienced data privacy lawyers of our firm, so that eventual gaps could be discovered and to be fully comply with the recommendations of the Hungarian Data Protection Commissioner.
Hungary is a democratic country in Central-Europe, slightly smaller than Indiana (US). It has got 10 million citizens. Hungary is member of the NATO and of the European Union. Its capital is Budapest.
Come to Hungary on business or on holiday. You will find useful information under http://www.gotohungary.com maintained by the Hungarian National Tourist Office.
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Less than one-half the size of the US but with 500 million citizens, the European Union (EU) is a unique economic and political partnership between 27 countries (Member States): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK.
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To learn more, visit: http://europa.eu
The protection of data and the freedom of information in Hungary is the responsibility of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (Ombudsman). Act LXIII of 1992, provides for the protection and dissemination of personal information contained in Hungarian registries. Additionally, Hungary introduced numerous laws regulating the handling of information such as addresses (Act LXVI of 1992), universal identifiers (Act XX of 1996), medical information (Act XLVII of 1997), police information (Act XXXIV of 1994), public records (Act LXVI of 1995), employment records (Act IV of 1991), telecommunications (Act LXXII of 1992) and national security services (Act CXXV of 1995) (PI 2000).
According to law, the state may only collect unique personal information for statistical purposes and cannot transfer, publish or make it available to third parties except with subject's written consent. Police may request information without consent, however, when that data is within the “scope and duration suitable and strictly necessary” for a criminal procedure.
The Hungarian Data Protection Commissioner is independent from the government, other state organisations and the private sector; he cannot accept orders from them. His competency covers both state and private sectors, and he is responsible for reporting his activity to the Parliament only. The Data Protection Commissioner is not a conventional authority and neither is a court, he usually issues recommendations. Publicity is his main means.



