UPDATED – Hungarian NGOs Against the New Data Protection Act

Post published:2011/10/17
Post category:Hungary

The Eötvös Károly Institute, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee and the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union approached the European Union with a joint request regarding the new data protection act (Act No. CXII of 2011 on Informational Self-Determination and Freedom of Information).

According to our information, the NGOs claim that the extraordinary termination of the office of the Hungarian Parliamentary Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information by the new act is against EU law.

Besides, the NGOs also claim (with reference to the case: Commission vs. Germany – ECJ C-518/07) that the new National Agency for Data Protection will not be independent which is also a breach of EU law.

As a consequence, the European Commission will be entitled to investigate the matter and start a formal infringement procedure against Hungary.

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The German Data Protection Authorities’ Requests Regarding Cloud Computing, New IP Addresses and Social Networks

Post published:2011/10/14
Post category:European Union Germany

We are pleased to share a guest post by dr. Ákos Süle – managing partner of Süle Law Firm.

On 28-29 September 2011, the German federal and state data protection authorities (DPAs) held they 82nd conference in Munich. They warned the cloud service providers to render such services only if they are in the position to fully comply with data protection laws.

The DPAs listed the following main criteria (our summary):

– the cloud service providers should give users detailed, open and easy-to-follow information about the technical, organizational and legal aspects

– the related service agreements should make it unambiguous where exactly the data processing will be rendered and how this could be changed

– the data security and data protections requirements should be strictly followed and preferably independent certificates should be obtained on these aspects as well

Besides, the DPAs have assured the cloud service providers about their support and called their attention to the online accessible German guide on cloud computing.

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Fraud Forum Event – Data Protection in Hungary. What you should know and why?

Post published:2011/10/08
Post category:Hungary

PricewaterhouseCoopers Hungary (PwC) organizes a Fraud Forum meeting on 27 October 2011 (9:00 - 11:00 CET) which will focus on the employment related aspects of the new Hungarian data protection…