The Government has submitted to the Parliament by today the Bill on the New Hungarian Data Protection Act. We could establish that Ministry of Public Administration and Justice has introduced…
On 10 June 2011 Fidesz MP Antal Rogán has submitted to the Hungarian Parliament the draft bill on the amendment of the Act Nr C. of 2003 on electronic communications, which will transpose, inter alia, the personal data breach provisions as well as the new cookie consent rule of the recently amended European ePrivacy Directive. (tovább…)
The Hungarian Ministry of Public Administration and Justice has released by 7 June 2011 for the purpose of public consultation the first ministerial draft of the new Hungarian Data Protection Act (the Act on informational self-determination and freedom of information) which is scheduled to enter into force on 1 January 2012 along with the new Basic Law of Hungary. Notably, the Basic Law in its 6th Article regulates the fundamental right to privacy and data protection as well as its guarantees, including the set-up of an independent data protection agency which shall replace the Data Protection Commissioner and its Office.
Although the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice secured only 24 hours (sic!) for the public consultation of the draft bill, the editors of the present weblog have also compiled and submitted their general comments in relation to the draft legislation which we made available here (in Hungarian). (tovább…)
