The Hungarian Parliament has adopted the sectorial legislative amendments relating to the European Union’s data protection reform (Act XXXIV of 2019, the “Amendment”) which entered into force on 26 April 2019. The Amendment modified 86 legislative acts, to harmonize Hungarian sectoral data protection legislation with the requirements of the GDPR.…
As a result of the General Data Protection Regulation, it has become more difficult for companies to request criminal records from their prospective and current employees. Those companies who break the rules can expect significant fines under the GDPR.
On 15 November 2016, the Hungarian Data Protection and Freedom of Information Authority (Hungarian DPA) released a comprehensive guidance about the basic requirements of data processing in the employment context.
The Hungarian Data Protection and Freedom of Information Agency released comprehensive guidance on employment background checks, covering contact requests sent to past employers, criminal background checks and general Internet searches about candidates.
The Hungarian Parliament has recently adopted an amendment (Act No CXXIX of 2015) to the Information Act that will provide regulation regarding how data controllers must treat data breach incidents. Under the amendment, a data breach incident is any unauthorized processing of data, including the unauthorized access, alteration, unauthorized transfer,…