The Hungarian Government – in the name of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán – has launched a public opinion survey in May 2011 under the name “Social Consultation 2011” which case recently gained major attention in the Hungarian media and same exposed the Data Protection Commissioner to heavy political attacks on the part of the Government parties.
The Act No CXII of 2011 on Informational Self-Determination and Freedom of Information, the new Hungarian Data Protection Act has been promulgated in the Official Gazette of Hungary by 26…
The Hungarian Parliament has adopted today the Act on Informational Self-Determination and Freedom of Information (the new Data Protection Act), the domestic implementation of the European Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC). The new Act will enter into force by 1 January 2012 and same will replace the Act LXIII of 1992 on the Protection of Personal Data and Public Access to Data of Public Interest.