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: 1032

2. The Law The right to protection of personal data has been enshrined in the Hungarian constitution since 1989. The main framework law is the 1992 Act on the Protection of Personal Data and the Disclosure of Data of Public Interest as amended in 1999. In addition, there are several laws and other legal provisions adopted by the Hungarian Parliament regulating particular aspects of the processing of personal data, for example, in relation to public files and archives, direct marketing and criminal registration. In some respects the Hungarian law is more restrictive than the legislation in many of the member states of the EU. For example, personal data can only be processed either with the consent of the data subject or when specifically provided for by law. Some processing activities that are common place within the EU, such as list broking for direct marketing are outlawed in Hungary. This provides good protection for the privacy of citizens but may be unnecessarily restrictive for Hungarian businesses. One area where this is particularly apparent is in relation to data transfer abroad. There are no provisions permitting transfers to other countries, including, at the moment, the EU member states, on the basis that their laws provide proper protection for any transferred data or giving the Commissioner a role in authorising international transfers. There will, in any event, be changes needed in Hungarian law in the course of accession to give effect to Directive 95/46/EC. This will be an opportunity to address the question of international transfers amongst other issues.

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