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Dora Pap

Dora Pap is an associate in Covington’s competition team in London, having joined the firm as a trainee solicitor in 2019. She advises on all aspects of UK and EU competition law, including merger control, regulatory investigations, and enforcement.

On March 10, 2020, the Hungarian National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (“NAIH”) issued guidance on data protection and COVID-19. The NAIH highlights that controllers processing personal data in the context of their efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 must comply with the GDPR as well as Hungarian data protection law. The guidance applies to public and private organisations, their employees and contractors, as well as other third parties (e.g. clients, visitors). The NAIH emphasises that any kind of data processing under the current circumstances has to adhere to the principles of the GDPR, especially that of accountability.
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