Hungary

On March 13, 2025, the Court of Justice of the EU (“CJEU”) ruled that the right of rectification (in Article 16 GDPR) requires a national authority to correct a person’s gender identity, where it is shown to be inaccurate (Case C‑247/23 [Deldits]).  The authority, however, may require that person to provide relevant and sufficient evidence to establish that the information concerning their gender is inaccurate, but may not go so far as to require proof of gender reassignment surgery.Continue Reading CJEU Rules on Right of Rectification of Gender Identity

On May 4, 2020, the Hungarian Government issued a Decree that suspends, during the COVID-19 created state of emergency, the one-month deadline that controllers have under the GDPR to reply to data subject rights requests. The Decree also allows public entities to refuse or suspend freedom of information (“FOIA”) requests…
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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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