Publication: Magyar Közlöny
Issue: MK-2003-92 (Year: 2003, Number: 92)
Era: 1990-2004
Section: 1996. évi LVII. törvény (Tptv.) 36/A. §-a alapján vizsgálatot kezdett a mobiltelefon szolgáltatás ágazatban. A GVH a
Paragraph Index: 1034

4. Operation of the Commissioner’s Office We were impressed by the knowledge and understanding of data protection issues by the Commissioner and his staff. We were also impressed by their commitment to their work and by what they had managed to achieve with limited resources. Although there are always variations in the way in which different supervisory authorities interpret and apply data protection law, we did not come across any significant discrepancies between the approach taken in Hungary and that we would expect to find in an EU member state. There are though some areas in which, subject to the availability of resources, an extension of the work of the Commissioner’s office should be considered. These are: – an increase in the number of on-site inspections of data controllers. This should have benefits not only in improving data protection awareness and compliance amongst data controllers, but also in developing the knowledge and understanding of the Commissioner’s own staff of data processing activities. – the development of links with those responsible for data protection compliance in large organisations. It was clear that many large data controllers now have compliance structures in place. They need to be encouraged and supported by the Commissioner’s Office.Greater participation in the international data protection community, not only by the Commissioner himself, but also by appropriate staff. The demands will grow, particularly with accession. The increasing globalisation of business means data protection thinking can not be confined by national borders. It is important that the Commissioner’s office not only learns from but also contributes to data protection developments in Europe and beyond. This is an area where TAIEX might be able to provide some assistance. An ability to keep track of political policy and technological changes that impact on the work of the Office. To be most effective the Commissioner’s office needs to be able to spot external developments that will impact on its work and actively address them rather than merely act responsively. One area that stood out as in need of attention was registration. Although there were nearly 30,000 processing operations included in the register, the Commissioner’s own estimate was that whilst over 90% of government agencies had met their obligations, less than 50% of private sector businesses had done so. This is worrying not only because of the incompleteness of the register but also because it suggests that many private sector businesses have little or no awareness of their wider data protection responsibilities. An official announcement had been made in the government gazette in 1997 and some other steps had been taken to raise awareness of the need to register but it was recognised this was an area that needed to be given greater priority and where some new initiatives might be considered.

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