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: 1035

5. Awareness Awareness amongst businesses of the need to register is only one aspect of data protection awareness. This also relates to the wider awareness of data controllers of their responsibilities and the awareness of data subjects of their rights. The evaluation team was initially concerned because the Commissioner’s response to its questionnaire suggested that his office does not carry out information or awareness raising activities. From our discussions though, it was apparent that the Commissioner’s office had been involved in some activities in this area. They had, for example, held a series of open meetings across 14 counties, and published a so called „privacy column” in several county newspapers. We took part in a round table meeting with representatives of some major data controllers. Here it was clear that those present had a high level of awareness and were actively taking steps to develop wider data protection awareness and compliance within their organisations. There was though little other than the registration figures to indicate to us the level of awareness amongst smaller business. Also there was little to indicate the level of awareness of data subjects of their rights beyond the fact that the Commissioner had received more than 400 complaints in 2001. We did not, for example, have the opportunity to meet representatives of consumers and other data subjects. Although the extent to which supervising authorities in EU member states undertake awareness raising activities varies, it is central to effective data protection that individuals are aware of their rights. We were not in a position to establish how far this is the case in Hungary.

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